'  And  see,  as  illustrating  the  general

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is  indictable,  the  same  as  if  the  duel  were  to  be  fought
here.'

Blow  and  Death  in  Homicide.  —  It  has  indeed  been  held  by  some
tribunals,  as  we  have  already  seen,^  that,  when  a  blow  is  inflicted
on  the  high  seas,  and  death  follows  on  land,  or  in  one  State  and
the  person  expires  in  another,  there  can  be  no  indictment  for  the
murder  as  committed  in  the  former  place  ;  but  even  this  doctrine,
which  we  also  saw  does  not  rest  well  on  principle,  proceeds  sim-
ply on  the  error,  that  the  murder  is  not  complete  where  the  blow
is  given.
§  144.  Conclusion.  —  Thus  we  have  embraced,  within  a  single
chapter,  many  questions  of  vast  magnitude  and  immense  national
importance.  Some  of  them  are  more  fully  discussed  in  the  works
on  international  law ;  but,  in  this  briefer  view  and  simpler  picture,
what  is  most  material  appears,  and,  it  may  be,  more  distinctly
before  the  eye  of  uninformed  readers  than  where  separated  over
wider  spaces  and  enveloped  in  superfluous  words.
i  The  State  v.  Farrier,  1  Hawks,  487;  The  State  v.  Taylor,  1  Tread.  107,  3  Brev.
243.
2  Ante,  §  112-116.
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§  14T  JUEISDICTION  AND  LOCALITY.  [BOOK  H.
CHAPTER  VII.
JXTBISDICTION  AND  LOCAL  LIMITS  OF  THE  STATES.
