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CRIMINAL PROCEDURE.

Sec. 84. The jurisdiction of an indictment for escaping from prison is in any county of the territory.

Sec. 85. The jurisdiction of an indictment for stealing in ally state or country, or other territory, the property of another, or receiving it, knowing it to have been stolen, and bringing the same into this territory, is in any county into or through which such stolen property has been brought.

Sec. 86. The jurisdiction of an indictment for murder or manslaughter, when the injury which caused the death was inflicted in one county, and the party injured dies in another county, or out of the territory, is in the county where the injury was inflicted.

Sec. 87. The jurisdiction of an indictment against a principal in the commission of a public offense, when such principal is not present at the commission of the principal offense is in the same county it would be under this code if he were so present and aiding and abetting therein.

CHAPTER II.

OF THE TIME OF COMMENCING CRIMINAL ACTIONS.

Sec. 88. There is no limitation of time within which a prosecution for murder must be commenced. It may be commenced at any time after the death of the person killed.

Sec. 89. In all other cases, an indictment for a public offense must be found within three years after its commission.

Sec. 90. If when the offense is committed, the defendant be out of the territory, the indictment may be found within the term herein limited after his coming within the territory; and no time during which the defendant is not an inhabitant of or usually resident within the territory, is part of the limitation.

Sec. 91. An indictment is found within the meaning of the last three sections, when it is duly presented by the grand jury in open court, and there received and filed.

CHAPTER III.

OF THE INFORMATION.

Sec. 92. The information is the allegation in writing made