People v. Kaminsky

The respondent, a resident of the city of Detroit, was arrested for bastardy on the complaint of Annie Sawonski, also a resident of that city. The warrant was issued by Police Justice Haug, and the defendant bound over to the circuit court of Wayne county for trial. At the trial in the last-named court, and before the impaneling of the jury, the counsel for the respondent moved to dismiss the cause, on the ground that the police court of Detroit had no jurisdiction in bastardy *638proceedings, and that the complaint should have been made before a justice of the peace. This motion was denied by…