Nelson v. . the People

[EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] The objection that the Court of Sessions as organized had no authority or jurisdiction to try the prisoner, was not well taken. The Constitution (Art. 6, § 14) declares that "the County Judge with two Justices of the Peace, to be designated by law, may hold courts of sessions," c. The County Judge and two Justices of the Peace constituted this court. But it is insisted that the justices designated were not qualified according to law, because chapter 280, section…