M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1856-05-08
THE LAWS OF OHIO,
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PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY.
mo. 85,1 AN ACT

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To restore to the Court Of Common Pleas
the jurisdiction of minor offences, in GER
tain counties in this State
SECTION /. BE ii enacted By the General
Assembly of the State Of Ohio, That
the court of Common Pleas, in additonto
the criminal jurisdiction it now has shall
have original jurisdiction Of all crimes, Of
fences, and misdemeanors, the cngnizance Of
which is now vested in the Probate Court.
SECTION Q. All prosecutions for said
crimes, offences, and misdemeanors, shall be
by Indictment, in said court, in the county in
which the crime, offence, or misdemeanor
shall have been committed, except where it
is otherwise provided in the several acts for
the punishment Of crimes.
SECTION 8. All fines collected under
said prosecutions, shall be paid into the trea-
sury 1.-THE county where the prosecution is
held, and all persons imprisoned under said
several prosecutions, shall bo imprisoned in
the Jail Of the proper county.
SECTION a. All recognizunces which
shall hereafter be taken by Justices of the
Peace, and other officers authorized to take
the same, and all transcripts in criminal ca
ses, within the jurisdiction Of the Common
Pleas Court, shall be returned to said court
forthwith, after the commitment ofa person
charged with an offence, or the taking of u
recognizance for his appearance before said
court.
SECTION 3. That all prosecutions pend
ing in the Court of Probate Of any county,
at the time of the taking effect of this act,
shall be continued upon the inlormations
now filed in the Court of Common Pleas of
the proper county, and the Probate Judge Of
each county is hereby directed to transmit
to said Common Pleas Court, all informa-
tions and recognizances now on file in his
Office, and not disposed of.
SECTION 6. That no bill Of indictment
for any offence specified in the act entitled
"An act for the punishment of crimes" pass
ed March 8, 1881, shall be found true bill
by any grand jury, unless the name fthe
prosecutor be endorsed thereon, except such
bill be found upon testimony sworn and sent
to the grand jury by order of the court at the
request of the prosecuting attorney, or the
foreman of the grand jury, in which cases
the fact that the bill was found upon tcstimo-
ny sworn and sent to the grand jury by Or
der of the court, shall be endorsed on the
bill instead of the name Of the prosecutor.
Section I. That in all cases where the
prosecutors name is endorsed on the bill,
and the same is found true bill by the
grand Jury, and upon trial the defendant is
acquitted, the prosecutor shall be liable for
costs, and the court at the term at which
such acuuttal shall take place OF at any
subsennent term, shall render Judgment
against such prosecutor for such costs unless
the court shall be of opinion that there were
reasonable grounds for instituting the pros
ecntion.
SECTION s. That chapter four contain
ing from sections twenty nine, to, and inclu-
ding section fiity-six of an act defining the
Jurisdiction andregulating the practice OF the
Probate Court, passed March Ia, 1853; also
an act amendatory of the same, passed April
26, 1854; be and the same are hereby re-
pealed.
SECTION 9. The provisions of this act
shall not apply to the counties OF Jackson
Vinton, Meigs, Fuyette, Hooking, Lake
Trumbull, Harrison, Portage, Seneca Ad-
ans, Putnam, Henry, Lucas, Pike, Cuyaho-
pa,Medina, Mercer, Lawrence, Gallo, Miami
Summit, Delaware, Wood, Ottawa, Carroll
Guernsey, Monroe, Lorain and Scioto, ant
the repeal herein of chapter four of an ac
defining the jurisdiction and regulating thu
practice of Probate Courts, passed Marcl
ia, 1868, shall not apply to the counties
named in this section, but the jurisdiction o
the Probate Court in said counties shall re
main the same as if this act were not pass
ed.
N. H. VAN WORRIES,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
THOMAS H. FORD,
President Of the Senate.
Anr;I 9th. 1916.