State v. Lemelin

The issue presented by the defendant’s exception is controlled by statute. See annos. 123 A. L. R. 446; 48 A. L. R. (2d) 663, 696. The basic provisions of RSA ch. 169 were enacted in 1937. Laws 1937, c. 152. The act provides that municipal courts shall have “exclusive” original jurisdiction of cases within the act, with authority to certify any felony case to the Superior Court. RSA 169:21, 29. Cf. P. L., c. 110, ss. 4, 31. The act is expressly made applicable “only to those children under the age of eighteen years” (RSA 169:1); and the jurisdiction of the municipal court is. to be invoked by…