Death as Result of Fighting Duel - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 750.319
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750.319 Death as result of fighting duel.
Sec. 319.
Death as result of fighting a duel--Any person, being an inhabitant or resident of this state, who shall, by previous appointment or engagement made within the same, fight a duel without the jurisdiction of this state, or who shall fight a duel within this state, and in so doing shall inflict a mortal wound upon any person, whereof the person so injured shall afterwards die within this state, shall be guilty of murder of the first degree within this state, and may be indicted, tried and convicted in the county where such death shall happen.
History: 1931, Act 328, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931
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CL 1948, 750.319 Former Law: See section 4 of Ch. 153 of R.S. 1846, being CL 1857, § 5714; CL 1871, § 7513; How., § 9078; CL 1897, § 11473; CL 1915, § 15195; and CL 1929, § 16711.
Section: 750.314 750.315 750.315a 750.316 750.317 750.317a 750.318 750.319 750.320 750.321 750.322 750.323 750.326 750.327 750.327a
Last modified: March 17, 2013
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