Crandall v. State
Supreme Court of Connecticut
in error. This was an information, filed by the prosecuting attorney for the county of Windham, for a violation of the statute of 1833, regarding the instruction of coloured persons not inhabitants of this state.(a) The information alleged, That at Canterbury, in said county, on the 24th of September, 1833, for the purpose of attending and being taught and instructed in a certain school, which before that time had been and then was set up, in said town of Canterbury, for the…
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in error. This was an information, filed by the prosecuting attorney for the county of Windham, for a violation of the statute of 1833, regarding the instruction of coloured persons not inhabitants of this state.(a) The information alleged, That at Canterbury, in said county, on the 24th of September, 1833, for the purpose of attending and being taught and instructed in a certain school, which before that time had been and then was set up, in said town of Canterbury, for the instruction and education of coloured persons, not inhabitants of this State, Prudence Crandall, of said Canterbury,…
1Opinion of the CourtWilliams, J.
The errors assigned in this case, are, that the superior court had no jurisdiction, and that the information is insufficient.
The first question has not been argued; but as it is directly presented, the court must be satisfied that the superior court had jurisdiction; if not, we need proceed no further.
*366The 122nd section of the act concerning crimes, passed in 1830, gives jurisdiction to the county and superior courts in criminal cases. By that act, jurisdiction is given to the county court of all offences of which the superior court has not sole jurisdiction, not within the jurisdiction of…
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