Morris v. State

Pearson, J.:

The exceptions to the record of the Justice of the Peace were argued and will be considered in two groups, as two primary reasons why the judgment should be reversed. By the first three exceptions, defendant asserts that it does not appear from the record that the Justice “had jurisdiction to try and determine said case”; or that the Justice “advised the Defendant of his right to elect to be tried by the Court of Common Pleas 'for Kent County”; or “that the officer making the arrest in the above cause advised the Defendant of his right to be tried by the Court of Common Pleas for…