United States v. Ravara

2 U.S. 297 (____)

2 Dall. 297

The UNITED STATES

versus

RAVARA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Present, WILSON, IREDELL and PETERS, Justices.

WILSON, Justice.

I am of opinion, that although the Constitution vests in the Supreme Court an original jurisdiction, in cases like the present, it does not preclude the Legislature from exercising the power of vesting a concurrent jurisdiction, in such inferior Courts, as might by law be established: And as the Legislature has expressly declared, that the Circuit Court shall have "exclusive cognizance of all crimes and offences, cognizable under the authority…