State Ex Rel. Graham v. Willey

The only question involved in this appeal, as stated in appellant’s brief, is whether or not the power to suspend a sentence in a criminal action resides in a justice of the peace; or more specifically, as we understand from appellant’s argument, whether the statute providing for the suspension of sentence in criminal actions confers power on a justice of the peace to suspend a sentence upon conviction of a crime within the jurisdiction of the justice of the peace to hear and determine, or does the statute relate only to the practice in the superior court. The trial court held that the…