State v. Langstaff

The appellee was arrested for speeding on a highway in Egypt township, Ashley county, and was given a traffic ticket directing him to appear in the Hamburg municipal court in the adjoining township of Carter. He contested the jurisdiction of the municipal court, contending that the arresting officer should have ordered him to appear before a justice of the peace in Egypt township. The municipal court rejected this plea, but on appeal the circuit court reversed the municipal court’s decision and remanded the case with directions that it be transferred to a justice of the peace in Egypt…