State v. Gutierrez

Merrick, O. J.,

dissenting. I do not dissent from so much of the opinion of the majority of the court as holds that the Legislature may confer a limited criminal jurisdiction upon the Mayor, Recorders and Aldermen, for the punishment of minor crimes and offences. Whether the Legislature can confer the like power upon Justices of the Peace, relative to the punishment of white persons, is not necessary now to determine.

The 124th Article of the Constitution expressly declares, that the Legislature may vest in the Mayor, Recorders, Aldermen and Assistant Aldermen, such criminal jurisdiction as may…