State v. McLane

The judgment of the court was pronounced by

Kura, J.

The prisoner was convicted of larceny, andhas appealed. The proceeding againsthim was by information, which he contends was unauthorized by law.

The act of the 8th of March, 1841, provides, •“that in all criminal prosecutions in the Criminal Court of the First District, for crimes and offences punishable by not more than two years hal'd labor, the proceedings may be by information.”. Acts of 1841, p. 59.

It is contended, on behalf of the appellant, that this act applies exclusively to the Criminal Court of the First District, which has been…