State v. Campane
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Ineokmation for perjury, brought to the Criminal Court of Common Pleas in New Haven County and tried to the jury before Bishop, J., after a motion of the accused, to erase the case from the docket for want of jurisdiction, had been denied; verdict and judgment of guilty, and appeal by the accused.
1Opinion of the CourtHamersley, J.
The Criminal Court of Common Pleas is an inferior court established by the legislature. Its jurisdiction, as originally defined by statute, is purely appellate. It is empowered to retry, by jury, cases once tried by a justice of the peace or by a municipal court having jurisdiction and powers similar to those given to justice courts. Its judgment, upon conviction of the accused, can impose no greater punishment than that which might have been imposed by the court from which the cause is transferred by the appeal. A prosecuting attorney was provided with power necessary to conduct the trial of…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- State v. HartleySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1902
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