People v. Burney
California Supreme Court
Certiorari to the County Court of El Dorado County. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Court.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Shafter, J.
The defendant was convicted in the County Court of El Dorado County, for an alleged misdemeanor, and the proceedings- have been certified to this Court on the petition of the defendant, and are now before us for review.
It appears from the record that the indictment was demurred to for want of facts, and on the ground that the Act on which it was founded was unconstitutional and void. The ,demurrer was overruled, and we are now asked to quash the proceedings on the ground that the decision was erroneous.
County Courts have jurisdiction in all cases of misdemeanor, and…
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