OFFICE OF TNC ATTORNRYQENRRAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
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Xonorablo Joo MoCarland, Pago ;e
"Asi lee. ~ftonmoa not eamalttea in
tho at+.
vrwoouti~ for Offmaa8 aonarittedwholly
or ln part dthout, ad nmtlopualrhabla by law
wft.hfn thl8 Btato, my bo begun and oarriod on
in any 00uBt~ in whioh tho offondor la round.
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~Art.iOle ~91. per80~8 atin8 0th 0r th0
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9fanypmnon,boi~ et thetimwlth%n
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r ith ln th im St&m,l 155~x7 of whlsh mob per-
son aftomm-6 dia8 without the li.mitmaf thi8
Stato, tho per8on 80 tifoodlng shall be liable
to promeutlon in thm oounty where tho in.lurp
-8 iRfliOt&
offador nay bo proaooutod in tho oounty
wbro t&o 155uJI w88 reodora or whore tho
death Oeeurrr& or in the oounty wham the
dud body im fOILBe* (A8 MIOIIdOd-8 let%,
uta kg., PO 407, oh. MO, 1 1.)
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'tii810 8lO. proof of vonuo
"tin= 8@8OOm05t~~1l~ inthim 0&9tar,
th. indf8hurt Or iBfOtld&O5, OT mf pa00
8oaalog la t&a Qa8l, My AlJ0gs tbet the Of-
fO580~8aOU%ttr(. inthe OOUtYWhON w
ptO8OOUtiOn 18 OWri04 On. To mUmtin th8
adoption of Yonuo, it 8ha1& only be nwoua~
80 prova that by muon 0r the faOt8 in tha
0880 t& O&lllt~ aOr0 8UOh pl’OSOOUtiOEi i8
oarrio on he8 jurIrdIation.
'Artlele 811. Othor OffeB808
-xi 'I-W 10 not 8p dr io tiiy
ltd, a40
-*llulLe&uqwtaaewaara88mmmnl'intn~1988
~$8iO5 Or the I3548or ortiM PM@~~uN, OUopt &till0
l~WLi8hrr8uUUb&bytheuthk&$8l8t9ru iaN5St8
aA& the la8t QmmO, *or la the eountr darn thr cLu6 t&y
$8 rOU5&*
Ilafarwra $0 t& abrre l rtiti.8, whiti amu to
k mll 8f the 8aaUCor7 O@SO-atl #Wtill~t b OW
~0@u0508 rifh XW~OIUO $0
fhe orrl.l.58tu808 whorein thi8 wtlel. of oa?
Q&a G8 -85 1yI t i0Xh.d by OUr OOUrt8 WO- in .a8e8 lb tbft,
b r ing i-
ltol8n ps~pox'tyinto tho 8tat0, -lndlIW ld t.-
Honorable Jo0 lUoaCaalun&,
Pago 4
moval ef aortmagoa property rrm ths Stet.0,end In th0
Qe8e of B~JWI v. Stats, eF)Tax. Or. R. 44?, 13 8. w. 433
(swindling), tho oaurt say81
*In all OO808 not 8pOOiauy neu!eu in
the Coda, the propar ocunty for the ,wO8OOU-
tion or OfrWU908 ia wit 11;rhioh th0 orfan
~38 0 onmittoa.*
Thl0 i8 the identlael lang~ago or et,1010 ~11,
0. 0, ?., 8UPrO.
NO her. a060 Y dil~ont Ooeroh Of eUthcritio8 ap4
find 110 0880 WhOlW OUT TOXO8 OOUTt8 hW8 pWU(L UpoIl th.
waw~,“~on proaeetod by you. UOS, dowo bollovo 8UOh a oaw
.
Am010
191, UUpPA, 18 8pOOiffO hgi6htiOB 05
the ouot 0r our probleo. V&or it8 plain langucrgo,
005vu80
if tho feat qlW+ien -8 roVOr8od cod if Bowton had ln-
fllotod the m0rt01 wmmd8 on K050 in kxa8, ulth dwth oo-
ourring in mana athor l iate, tin vwnm mauld very poporly
end witbout doubt bo ln tho oouaty *0,7 the blors mm
Aira* ThO I.Ui@BW Or tM8 UtiaO 0AfiQOtb0 tWMd Or
twbtod, hocnrer,to ray it glv08 wnw in tb llrtnnt 0880.
x&N&d, th0 8b80500 Or mOh A 8tatUt8 a8 WDUld &TO VulU8
h0n i8 mmh rpheilmd by the Sn0ortlon into our Co40 d
Art1010 191.
Artiolo8 198 lnd 108, muprrr, en 0108rXy fryppll-
oeblo to tha .ftWtion m hem, bdOlU US. %‘hO8. ertiOlO8
A&B miU81SO tho 8b8OBOO Of @OOifiO lWi&AtiOB t0 OWOr
tho feOt8 YOU 8Ubrit.
Art1010 190, 8Up?O, muld en8wor our problun if
su8h 8ppliOetiOn wu BCt 8c mphatia~y mda re8triOtive,
and thomfon waereilablo to U* br the uaa ab thr word
“oowt~. wo du not hr. the lfborty or 8U88t:tUtiIig
w.8k- r0r -0mntp.
It baa bo0n tmld tlmt Arti0l0 810, lpra, oamot h
O#mtmad t0 mli.tO ttt08tbt0 Of th0 nOo-*itY *f PrOviE
tOnW. A piti Of BOt ;Uiitjr pt.8 in l~8W tb8 dh&atiOn Of
,a ~., lad th0 Steta IPU8tprom 8wh tilO~tlOIl, Or a 001~
riotion till not bo rarxantod~ me hnuo mwt bo proved a8
lionorebl8Joe yloCo8land,Page S
8118@a. BBS Art1018 810, Verncm** Adnotat+d Cod8 of C&-
in81 ~008dur0, and ~~any 08808 thare ofted.
In Dean Potts' Cue8 on crimikal ~rooadur8 (fin6
lM., TOUT), at page 5 appoa~ the tollowlng etatanont:
"Whsn the 8troko 18 given in 0110stat8
and the Qath ooour8 5n anotharthe orlme IS
aat ppalrhabl8 in the latter 8tatm in the ab-
881180Ot 8titut8. GarterT. State, i27N. J. L.
499 (1BSS); State T. ZWly, 76 Ye. SU, 49
Am. Rap. 680 (l884); lbcprts Mom818jr, 96
lf.V8. 84, St Am. St. Rsp. 6Sll but 8tatuts8
p0hll for 8uoh oarem are unllonnly uph.16
88 oon8tT tutional. con. v. naoloon, 101
mss. 1, 100 Am. D8o. 89 (1669)7 Tyler v.
People, 8 Mloh. Se0 (1860); dx perts lBoNe8ley,
8upn *"
In th8 ouo
or Vnltod Stat88 Y. Gultaau, 1 loolay
498, 49 Am:hp. a4V7,it appear8
tAmt Charles J. Ouitwu
shot ?rublost JamemA. Oartlmld in a railway 8tation In
mshin tolr, 3. C., 1.nr1iotis8 - ironwhiahthm Pre81-
da& df8d 8cdn thraa month8 late in tha 8tat8 o? H8w Jor8q.
Qlrifwu vu inaiotd triad -a oontiatwl at a orimiml
tam of tha ~prmn bourt of ths Dlstrlot d Columbia. E8
8pp8alY1 on the ground that, at eommoa law, whore the 8trolD
ms drso in 08s stat. rab the bath oaourrrd In lnothr,
neitbr 8-88 hsa juri8alo*ioa co tly the oa88. The oourt,
&WV.? &uldsd that tha Sstsl blow ndo the aria. omfiate,
smltd VUIY laymars the blow-a ltruok.
II. quotmwas fellowiag lan~o'from tlu t8xt of
~tiin(5osu law (1s 3. a. L. 879, 8-e ml, 18s):
*I$ lm alar thet when s normal blow or
#hot *f&aumaath ruultingthorofrom, ooour
int~.r sQls n8tion o r lhte,tb orr.nm. i8
then oonplete and th8 OOIlrt8Of that PlaoO
hrv. jurlsdlotfoato try the 8lavr for tb*
e&e. But Wmn the mortal 8troke an6 &oath
do not taks phor in the 8~. juri8dbtion. 8
80pl*st 00mplimtod oaw i8 prO8tiOda Fm
central88 •t~~g8oootiin8 to a oa80 in the Tat
!IOmr8blS Joe M8088l8n6, Pa&8 6
Woks (7 Henry VII, (I Mr. Jwtloe hrrill8
Sddl %I8 Stda th8 p&lO~~l point,
butitnqulrm8dwth~ Otbm~Sitim~Ot
folonj$ but whstha ho disd in MS 1888 01:
MOthU not IBStSrid.' BeWBrt&eP 888, it
$8
seems to have bean QobtSul at 8wmoal8~uho-
th8r the killing Oi OJU rho di8d in Xii&8~
of a blow r8osird in folrl(pl prt8 ad
d.CS t8r8ae SOtid h8~8 been intUil'8dSi.
lirullf, mrliamsnt interposed, and put thr
question fo rsst by SSffitJ th8 Statute at
e aeo. II, le Ble whE h pxwidu tha* niton
the stroks &mm been @en in N&and ad thr
death ooours out ot Rnglati, or the reverse,
the klllin,gy be inqulrsilof in that mot
o r Xng lsn4*ame lfthertha dwth or 8trok8
.
1iO::Oreble
Joe WCeS&nd, I%@ V
jllaiofal o,linion. It s**m8 to 06 oloer that
the Stetllte18 Vnlid in it8 oppLiOlltiOEto u
ease whore the hxulcidelact es done cutside
the Jurirdlotioa of en::oourt, - on the Ngh
SOaS, for sxample - and the rrilonl&t well
be held to extend t0 aSO8 W&ire ttie b&W 18
StnlOk i.? SOIPS, ii JlOt On, fOTd&Zl OOtUlt~i88;
but ifire8reOt Of a h.J%O%dsl aOt OOIIIU~tted
wfthln asother or nei@b~riw: sk:te, the
statute i8 opmsed tG the rum3m.ai Trin-
oi?le of trial by a jury of the vioina.e of
the CriBbY,und mom3 OOUrt8 b3ve Lot heSitr;tod
to :loldthe law iavnlia in it8 op;llc~~tlo5ta
R oalm." (thdO?SCOr~~ OUrS.)
SiiOl:
TO the 8Um SffeOt 808 26 AU. Jur. 32c, 300. 837.
CaSeS Qitad, Ill addition t0 thOS8 by Dean POttS, fire: Oreen
V. 8td.8, 66 AhI. 40, hl &I. Rep. 7441 POOP18 V. &tkbl,
132 Cal. 231, 64 I'.266, 64 A!. St. Rap. 39; Con?.Y.
AJlkinS, $48 l;y.807, 146 P. Vi. 431, 38 L. R. A. (N. 9.) 8&f,
Ann. Cam. 191?& 46s; 6tats V. XoCoy, 8 Rob* (La.) 545,
4l Au. Dec. SOl; State V. Foster, 8 la. Am. 290, 48 km.
Doe. 678; Corn.T. J&O~OOII,101 &iasS. 1, 100 A% DeO. 89.
Another reoogoized euthorlty stating the prinOipl08
8ppliaablo the 8alE8a8 DIM BttS, Rulfn& h88 &VI Sad krrd-
OQIL JtWiSprmde~S, is WbCU-tOll’S crimlndl bW, ut.h f& (1*$2),
pp. 441, U2, SeOtiOllS 339 und 340; Ibid, $. 4005,980. Slob,
oiting the Florida 0886 oi Ihv18 Y. States, 44 Fb. 32, St?
SO. 822; also State V. Gxrison, 147 !'o.548, 49 9. X. 508.
m th8 mYi OaSCJ,8!132-t3 =S
tl;I?ellSUlt OOnviCted
of mrder in Suwaame County, Yiorha. A a00t0r testified
t&t dOOC,&,8Od, nirth.,6a:1c1
to I;iS dmtk in a Sanit~rilXUin
Atlaata, Qeorgta, 88 a result of a .ziStOlShot ini&Zted
ay th8 acamed in wwaanee County, X:xlda; that after the
Shooting, the deOe88ed, than Still lf-:in?::,deslred tO be
Honorable Joe Y0C8818n4, Fags 8
tsken to Atlanta, ~orgis , und witness aoco~psnisd hi%
t&m, etxldeath loourred the next day, The Florida
SuprerpeCourt, a?tsr redswing the f%cts, said:
Vhr Cirouit Court or Suwannee county
had juriFdlation of the trim, lf oomlttod
in that oountyg althoU& oon8ummoted in M-
other SwtS. Rev. St. 1 2S60; ~obe~8on T,
State. 42 tk. 212, 28 South. 42V; Smith v.
State, 42 T3.8.60s. 2S South. 7SE."
The Florida 8tatut.oclearly &Ye8 that state jurls-
diotion o? the oiSan8e mentioned by you. We uotm Sootion
7117 of the C~flsd Oeneral Law8 of Plorida 't
1927)r
-7llV. (SOlS] Oiianae sormenasd he=
but ODt8d Ol8OwhK~rS.- t%en the OCm-
mi8sl0n OS an Ofzea~~~ oomenoed here i8 con-
aam!ratieddtbout th8 bouDdarie8 of this State,
the oifend8r Sban be liable to punish-t
here thorefor, and tha jurl~~dloticn in such
oase Shall bo in th8 oounty in whlOb the Of-
fense wa8 omm8n*sd~*
In ri8w of the authorities herein diSOU88ed and oited,
it 18 OW Opblion that UUdB? th8 r8088 8Ubfllitt.d by YOU, Texas
bOG38 SiOt he 3~dSiiiOfiOn t0 punish BOU&On iOr tb murder
o? Lfoja, if IWIis &tat&y ot such orime, for the reWOll that
a8 88atsd b yOUr 88h Tlorlda, mt Texas would ba ti
plaoe oi proparranua~ =a 8 opinion i8 t0 ba hel-&Wst.d,
however, onl 00 ths 888umptioa your rice b.rsS 8ll the ta8ts
on the quo88 I 011 propbun48d. Ii the dtiendant did any rot
wlthintbis Stotetoho8t8n doath,anothar quertionwuldbe
lmolre4. &tl the Opi.&OfIi8 al.80limited to th0 Off01180 O?
WdBr, and f8 not to be oonstruod a8 ~raOludin&$VOnUe iOr Sny
ot,her~pOesiblsO!'i~nSS.
Ycurs Yery truly
FIRST ASSISTANT
ATTORNEY GENERAL benjamlo Woodall
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