son.  Law  Rep.  1  C.  C.  161,  11  Cox  C.  C.         ^  Reg.  .-.  Bjornsen,  Leigh  &  C.  545.
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§  114  JURISDICTION  AND   LOCALITY.  [BOOK   IL

eignty  of  the  government.  This  is  the  very  essence  of  crime
punishable  by  human  law.  How  can  an  act  done  in  one  jurisdic-
tion be  an  offence  against  the  sovereig;ity  of  another  ?  "  ^

§  113.  Continued  —  (Whether  Locality  of  Homicide  follows  Place
of  Bipw  or  Death).  —  The  reader  perceives,  that,  according  to
these  cases,  the  crime  in  felonious  homicide  consists  in  inflicting
the  blow,  while  the  act  of  dying,  which  is  performed  by  the  in-
jured person,  does  not  constitute  any  part  of  it,  or  at  least  such  a
part  as  to  lay  the  foundation  for  a  jurisdiction  over  the  offence.
