Case Name: Gilbert v. Marcy
Court: Connecticut Superior Court
Jurisdiction: Connecticut
Decision Date: 1788-03
Citations: 1 Kirby 401
Docket Number: 
Parties: Gilbert v. Marcy.
Judges: 
Reporter: Connecticut Reports
Volume: 1
Pages: 401–402

Head Matter:
Gilbert v. Marcy.
An action qui tam, for any matter of a criminal nature, may be prosecuted in the county where the complainant dwells, although the crime was committed in another county.
Eeror from a judgment of the Court of Common Pleas. Marcy exhibited his complaint qui tam, before a justice of the peace in the county of Windham, complaining of an mwslk «rnM Wife WCCES^ bi &$ctóc¡r<L — Tn© cause came before the Court of Common Pleas, and on demurrer to the complaint, judgment was for the plaintiff; —- and the judgment was affirmed.— Eor,

Opinion:
By the Court.
The exception taken to this complaint, under the general demurrer, was — That the assault being alleged to have been done in the county of Hartford, the prosecution ought to have been there, and not in the county of Windham, it being for a criminal offense: — But there is no statute of this state limiting the trial of criminal causes to the county where the facts are done; though, for the convenience of the party accused, and the witnesses, it is reasonable, and ought not to be dispensed with, in prosecutions in behalf of the state, unless special circumstances render it necessary.-— But this being a prosecution for a personal injury, by the party aggrieved, for the recovery of his damages, may be brought in the county where he dwells, as in the case of civil actions, notwithstanding there is a fine to be inflicted upon conviction. And so is the practice in England, as well as in this state.— Croke Eliz. 645.