86 Miss. 315 | Miss. | 1905
delivered tRe opinion of tRe court.
TRe justice of tRe peace in tRis case on November 1, 1903, bound SmitR over to appear before tRe circuit court to await tRe action of tRe grand jury on tRe cRarge of conspiracy to rob. He Rad no power to do tRis, and tRe bond is void. Code 1892, .§§ 2420, 2421, provides tRat justices of tRe peace Rave final jurisdiction of misdemeanors, and must try and dispose of tRem according to law. TRe justice of tRe peace sRould Rave tried
Reversed, demurrer to scire facias sustained, demurrer to the flea of defendant to the judgment nisi for $1,000 overruled, and the suit dismissed.