La Grande v. Municipal Court

Convicted in the recorder’s court of a violation of an ordinance of the City of La Grande, A. "W. "Wall gave notice of appeal to the Circuit Court of Union County. The municipal judge, acting under the initiative charter of La Grande, adopted at the general election in November, 1922, allowed the appeal, approved the proffered undertaking and ordered a stay of execution on the judgment appealed from.

The section of the charter referred to reads thus:

“He (Municipal Judge) shall have jurisdiction over all offenses defined and made punishable by any ordinances of the city, and of all actions…