767.64 Place and manner of indictment, conviction and punishment; removing stolen property from another state or country; prior conviction or acquittal.

Sec. 64.

    Every person who shall feloniously steal the property of another, in any other state or country, and shall bring the same into this state, may be indicted, convicted and punished in the same manner as if such larceny had been committed in this state; and in every such case such larceny may be charged to have been committed in any town or city into or through which such stolen property shall have been brought: Provided, That every such person may plead a former conviction or acquittal for the same offense in another state or country; and if such plea be admitted or established, it shall be a bar to any further or other proceedings against such person for the same offense.