People ex rel. Cosgriff v. Craig

The relator ' was brought before the police justice of Rochester, charged with having committed petit larceny in the city of Rochester as a second offense. The magistrate held the relator to await, the action of the grand jury, whereupon he obtained a writ of habeas corpus and now moves for his discharge upon the ground that the crime charged against him is only a misdemeanor, and that the police court of the city, under the revised charter passed in 1907, has exclusive jurisdiction to try all cases of misdemeanor committed in said city by persons brought before said magistrate charged with…