Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1857-06-05

rcasurer, 10 pay the same out OF any mon
y in his hands belonging to said sub-dis-
riot and applicable TO the payment Of teach
rs. In such suits process may be served
n the clerk Of tho sub-district and service
pom him shall be sufficient.
Sec IL. That sections three, four, eight
wclvc, nineteen, twenty-five, twenty-four,
orty and sixty-four of tho act aforesaid be,
ind the same hereby arc repealed.
N. H. VAN WORRIES,
Speaker OF the House OF Representation.
THOMAS H. FORD,
President Of the Senate.
April IL, 1857.
No. o. AN ACT,
To restore to tho Court Of Common Pleas
the jurisdiction Of minor offences.
SECTION l. BE IL enacted 6y the Gener-
al assembly Of the State Of Ohio, That the
Court of Common Pleas, in addition to tho
jurisdiction it now has, shall have original
jurisdiction Of all crimes, offences, and mis-
demcanors, the cognizanco of which is now,
or heretofore has been, vested in tho Pro-
bate Court.
SEC. All prosecutions for said crimes.
offences, and misdemeanors, shall be by in
dietment in tho court Of common pleas in.
the county in which the crime, offence, or
misdemcanor shall have been committed,
except where it is otherwise provided in the
several acts for the punishment of crimes.
| SEC. 8. All fines collected under said
prosecutions shall be paid into the treasury
Of the county where the prosecution is held;;
and all persons imprisoned under said
several prosecutions shall be imprisoned in
the Jail Of the proper county.
SEC. 4. All rccognizances which shall i,
hereafter be taken by Justices Of the peace
and other officers authorized to take tho
same; and all transcripts in criminal cases
within the jurisdiction of the common pleas
court, shall be returned to said court forth
with after the commitment Of person
charged with an offence, or the taking of .
recognizance for his appearance before said
court.
Sec. 5. That all prosecutions pending in
the court Of probate of any county at tho
time of the taking effect of this act, shall bo
continued, upon the informations now fled
In the court of common pleas of tho proper
county; and the probate Judge Of each couu-
I ty is hereby directed to transmit TO said
common pleas court all informations and re-
, coguizanco now on file in his Office, and not
disposed of.
: SEC. 8. That no bill of indictment for any
otttte;ice specified in the act entitled "an act
for the punishment of crimes" passed March
8, 1881, shall be found a true bill by any
, grand jury, unless the name of tho prosccu-
tor 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 case the
fact that the bill was found upon testimony
sworn and sent to the grand jury by order Of
r the court, shall be iudorsed on tho bill in
q stead Of the name of the prosecutor.
r SEC. T. That in all cases where the pros
a ecutors name is indorscd on the bill, and
n the same is found true bill by the grand
q jury, and upon trial the defendant is acquit-
!. ted, tho prosecutor shall be liable for costs;
' and the court at the term at which such ao.
!. qnittal shall take place, or at any subsequent
q term, shall render Judgment against such
n prosecutor for such costs, unless the court
/ shall be Of tho opinion that there were reas-
;. enable grounds for instituting the prosecu-
=, ton.
SEQ 8. That chapter four, containing
# from section twenty-nine to, and including,
n section fifty of act defining tho jurisdiction
h and regulating the practice of the probate
II court, passed March IA, 1853; also, an act
4 amendatory of the same, passed April 20,
1854; also, the act entitled "an act to re-
store to the court of common pleas the jur-
!. sdiction Of minor offences, in certain coun-
!. ties in this state," passed April o, 1855;
q and also, an act to amend the last named
act passed, be and the Same arc hereby re-
\ pealed.
II Sec. o. Nothing in this act shall be CON
= strued to effect or take away the jurisdiction
q Of police judges or police courts, of petty
"a larceny and other minor offences under tire
: provisions of the act to provide for the or
$ ganization of cities and Incorporated villages
% passed May 8, 1852, and the acts amenda
20 tory and supplementary thereto; and sale
b. police judges and police courts shall have
in full power concurrently with tho courts o
n common pleas to hear, try and determine
n all such cases, and the same may be prose
10 cuted upon the information of tho prosecu
q. ton attorney Of the police court.
a. SEC. 10. This act shall take effect on ID.
is passage.
N. III. VAN WORRIES,
10 Speaker of the House Of Representatives,
N THOS. H. FORD,
10 President of the Senate.
n. Columbus, April IL, 1857.
10 AuDIToRs OFFICE, Sandusky Co,
n Fremont, June s. 1857.
ol This is to certify that have compare.
al the foregoing copies of Laws, with officia
he copies on file in my Office, and find the sam
to to be correct. WIN. e. HAYNES,
be Auditor.
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