State v. Wilmot

—Defendant demurred to, and moved to quash, a criminal complaint filed against him in the district court under chap. 198, 1925 Sess. Laws, p. 368, on the ground, among others, that because' sec. 2 of the act requires that all actions or proceedings thereunder, though designated misdemeanors, “shall” be in the district court, the act violates art. 1, sec. 8, of the Constitution.

This provision of the Constitution requires a preliminary examination, or action by a grand jury, before prosecution in the district court, of all criminal causes, except, so far as material here, “cases cognizable by…