State v. Pritchard
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Information filed by the attorney for the state in the Superior Court in New Haven county, upon a binding over of the defendant to that court by the city court of the city of New Haven upon the complaint of the city attorney.
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Information filed by the attorney for the state in the Superior Court in New Haven county, upon a binding over of the defendant to that court by the city court of the city of New Haven upon the complaint of the city attorney. The information was as follows : “ That at the town of New Haven in said New Haven county, on the 1st day of December, 1867, Edward Pritchard, of the town of Oxford, in said county, with force and arms, intending and contriving to cheat and defraud George A. Chapman, a merchant of said town of New Haven, out of his goods and chattels, wilfully and designedly and falsely…
1Opinion of the CourtCarpenter, J.
The criminal jurisdiction of the Superior Court may be considered with reference to three classes of crimes. It has original and exclusive jurisdiction of all those offenses, the penalty for which must be imprisonment for more than thirty days or a fine of more than seven dollars, except where by special statute jurisdiction is given to inferior courts. It has appellate jurisdiction of all offenses, with few exceptions, within the original jurisdiction of justices of the peace and police courts. And it has jurisdiction, partaking somewhat of the nature of both appellate and original…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- State v. StebbinsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1861
- State v. PeckSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1863
3Cited by7 opinions
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- State v. BaileySupreme Court of Kansas · 1884
- People v. EastonNew York Court of Appeals · 1954
- State v. WilsonConnecticut Superior Court · 1961
- State v. CarrollSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1922
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