Lichtenstein v. State

Indictment in the Cass Circuit Court for retailing without license. Conviction and fine in that Court, April, 1853.

It is contended that the Circuit Court had no jurisdiction. The argument is this. Retailing is a misdemeanor. At the time of the trial of this cause below, the Common Pleas Court had exclusive jurisdiction of this class of offences, as is inferable from the said Common Pleas act and the act for the election of prosecuting attorneys.

We think the argument unsound. We think the jurisdiction of the Circuit Court was concurrent with that of the Common Pleas.

The criminal act in the…