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 PUBLIC LAWS--CH. 645-JUNE 25, 1948 [62 STAT. CHAPTEI 211.--JUBISDICTION AND VENUE Sec. 3231. District courts. 3232. District of offense-Rule. 3233. Transfer within District-Rule. 3234. Change of venue to another district-Rule. 3235. Venue in capital cases. 3236. Murder or manslaughter. 3237. Offenses begun in one district and completed in another. 3238. Offenses not committed in any district. 3239. Threatening communications. 3240. Creation of new district or division. 3241. Jurisdiction of offenses under certain sections. 3242. Indians committing certain offenses; acts on reservations. 3243. Jurisdiction of State of Kansas over offenses committed by or against Indians on Indian reservations. § 3231. DISTRICT COURTS The district courts of the United States shall have original juris- diction, exclusive of the courts of the States, of all offenses against the laws of the United States. Nothing in this title shall be held to take away or impair the juris- diction of the courts of the several States under the laws thereof. § 3232. DISTRICT OF OFFENSE-(RULE) SEE FEDERAL RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE Proceedings to be in district and division in which offense committed, Rule 18 § 3233. TRANSFER WITHIN DISTRICT--(RLE) SEE FEDERAL RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE Arraignment, plea, trial, sentence in district of more than one division, Rule 19. § 3234. CHANGE OF VENUE TO ANOTHER DISTRICT --(RULE) SEE FEDERAL RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE Plea or disposal of case in district other than that in which defendant was arrested, Rule 20. § 3235. VENUE IN CAPITAL CASES The trial of offenses punishable with death shall be had in the county where the offense was committed, where that can be done without great inconvenience. § 3236. MURDER OR MANSLAUGHTER In all cases of murder or manslaughter, the offense shall be deemed to have been committed at the place where the injury was inflicted, or the poison administered or other means employed which caused the death, without regard to the place where the death occurs. § 3237. OFFENSES BEGUN IN ONE DISTRICT AND COMPLerED IN ANOTHER Except as otherwise expressly provided by enactment of Congress, any offense against the United States begun in one district and com- pleted in another, or committed in more than one district, may be inquired of and prosecuted in any district in which such offense was begun, continued, or completed. Any offense involving the use of the mails, or transportation in interstate or foreign commerce, is a continuing offense and, except as otherwise expressly provided by enactment of Congress, may be inquired of and prosecuted in any district from, through, or into which such commerce or mail matter moves. § 3238. OFFENSES NOT COMMrITED IN ANY DISTRICT The trial of all offenses begun or committed upon the high seas, or elsewhere out of the jurisdiction of any particular State or district, shall be in the district where the offender is found, or into which he is first brought. 826

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