Sawyer v. Joiner
Supreme Court of Vermont
This was a motion for a writ of certiorari, to revise the proceedings of a justice of the peace on a complaint preferred before him by the defendant, Joiner, as grand juror, against the petitioner for an alleged assault and battery committed by the petitioner.
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This was a motion for a writ of certiorari, to revise the proceedings of a justice of the peace on a complaint preferred before him by the defendant, Joiner, as grand juror, against the petitioner for an alleged assault and battery committed by the petitioner. From the record of the justice it appeared that the petitioner was apprehended on a warrant issued by the justice on the said complaint, that the petitioner pleaded not guilty, and that at two different trials the jury summoned were not able to agree ; that the case was finally continued to June 17, 1842, and bail taken for the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Williams, Ch. J.
This is an application for a writ of certiorari, and is an application to the sound judicial discretion of the court, requesting them to inquire, whether, in the records and proceedings of an inferior tribunal, error has so far intervened, as to produce substantial injustice. The courts of justices of the peace are courts of record; they have criminal jurisdiction, and are empowered to fine and imprison. We have examined the record of the justice in the case complained of, and find no error there; — and, more particularly, we do not…
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