Board of Supervisors v. Wells
Mississippi Supreme Court
Board of Supervisors v. Wells, 67 Miss. 151 (Miss. 1889)
Campbell
Board of Supervisors v. Wells
Opinion of the Court
delivered the opinion of the court.
The reward provided for by § 3035 of the code, is payable by the county in which the cause of death is given, and not by the county in which the death occurs, where the counties are different. The fact that in such case the slayer may be tried in either county does not alter the fact that the homicide occurred in the county in which the cause of death was given rather than where the consequence was manifested. The statute has relation"to the cause of death.
Reversed.
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- Board of Supervisors of Newton County v. W. R. Wells
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- Reward. Fugitive slayer. Injury in one county — death in another. Code 1880, § 3035. In case of injury in one county resulting in death in another, the reward given by § 3035 of the code to the captor of the slayer who flees arrest is payable by the county in which the cause of death arose, and not by the county where the death occurs, although, under § 2996, the offender may in such case he tried in either county. •