Moore v. State

This appeal is from a conviction for public drunkenness. When arraigned upon the presentment, plaintiff in error filed a plea of former conviction in the City Court of McKenzie. The District Attorney moved to strike the plea because the jurisdiction of the City Judge of McKenzie was limited to offenses against municipal laws and did not extend to cases involving violation of State laws. The trial judge sustained the motion, a tiial followed, and plaintiff in error was found guilty and fined for the offense of drunkenness. He insists that the plea of former conviction was erroneously stricken.

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