People v. Richmond

The respondent was charged before a justice of the peace with not keeping a room in which liquors were sold, closed between the hours of nine and ten o’clock at night. He was arrested and brought before the justice, when he pleaded guilty to the complaint. He does not appear to have been represented by attorney or counsel on that occasion. The justice imposed the least penalty provided by statute for such offense, and respondent thereupon appealed to the circuit court.

The statute giving justices of the peace jurisdiction in criminal cases provides: “If the accused shall plead guilty to such…