541.040. Property stolen in another state, prosecution here, jurisdiction. - Missouri Statutes

Property stolen in another state, prosecution here, jurisdiction.

541.040. Every person who shall steal, or obtain by robbery,the property of another from any other state or country, andshall bring the same into this state, may be convicted andpunished for stealing or robbery in the same manner as if theproperty had been feloniously stolen or taken in this state, andin any such case the stealing or robbery may be charged to havebeen committed, and every such person may be prosecuted in anycounty into or through which such stolen property shall bebrought.

(RSMo 1939 § 4837, A.L. 1955 p. 515)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 4444; 1919 § 3685; 1909 § 4896

(1957) Information charging that larceny occurred in the county into which the property was brought even though property was stolen in another state, held sufficient under this section. State v. Dobson (Mo.), 303 S.W.2d 650; cert. den. 355 U.S. 964, 78 S.Ct. 554.