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Del. Code tit. 11, § 2732

Homicide

Code 1852, § 2947; Code 1915, § 4818; Code 1935, § 5306; 11 Del

In every case of murder and of manslaughter, if a person is poisoned or wounded in 1 county and dies thereof in another county, prosecution shall be had in the county wherein such person was poisoned or wounded. Whenever the cause producing the death of a person happens in a county and the death out of it, the offense shall be deemed complete in the county wherein the cause happens and shall there be inquired of, heard and determined.

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