In re Donnelly

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Valentine, J.:

In this case counsel representing respondents makes a motion for a rehearing, and in his brief he states, among other things, the following:

“Two questions of law are presented to the court in this proceeding: The first-, has a justice of the peace authority or jurisdiction to hold a preliminary examination as to any crime of which he has jurisdiction to try? Justices of the peace have such jurisdiction as has been conferred upon them by statute. (See constitution, § 9, p. 57, Dassler’s Comp. Law& of 1879.) Before 1869, justices of the…