Commonwealth v. Murray

The defendant was convicted in the Municipal Court of the city of Boston on a complaint for keeping intoxicating liquors with intent to sell the same unlawfully. On appeal, he was convicted in the Superior Court, and filed a motion in arrest of judgment, for the reason that the Municipal Court had not final jurisdiction of the offence.

The Pub. Sts. o. 154, § 50, provide that the original criminal jurisdiction of the Municipal Court of the city of Boston “shall include all crimes under the degree of felony, except conspiracies and libels and cases where a prosecution by indictment or…