Miller v. State

The statutes governing the municipal court of Racine county, ch. 72, Laws of 1897, as amended by ch. 117, Laws of 1899, and chs. 83 and 303, Laws of 1909, give to that court jurisdiction of all criminal offenses except murder. They further provide that “The municipal judge, in addition to the powers vested in said municipal court, . . . shall have all the powers and jurisdiction of a justice of the peace in said county in all civil and criminal actions and proceedings, . . . but shall not have power to hold preliminary examinations.” Proceedings in the latter class of cases therein are…