State v. Borowsky
Nevada Supreme Court
This was an original application before the Supreme Court for a writ of certiorari. The facts are stated in the opinion. I. Did the district.court have jurisdiction to try this case? It has jurisdiction to try certain misdemeanors punishable by fines exceeding five hundred dollars.
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This was an original application before the Supreme Court for a writ of certiorari. The facts are stated in the opinion. I. Did the district.court have jurisdiction to try this case? It has jurisdiction to try certain misdemeanors punishable by fines exceeding five hundred dollars. Is this one of those cases? If it is not, the district court did not have jurisdiction to try it, and its proceedings are invalid. • The indictment is under a section of the act concerning the office of public administrator. (2 Comp. L.,- sec. 3029.) What is a willful misdemeanor in office? The section of the…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Beatty, J.:
A writ of certiorari was issued out of this court upon petition of Borowsky, commanding the sixth district court to certify its proceedings in the case of the State of Nevada v. M. Borowsky. The petitioner was indicted by.the grand jury of Eureka county for a misdemeanor in the office of public administrator. He pleaded not guilty; was tried, by 1ns own consent, by a jury of eleven men; was convicted and sentenced to pay a fine of two thousand dollars, and to be imprisoned till the fine was-paid, at the rate of one day’s imprisonment for each two dollars of the fine.
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