The weekly Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1865-186?, 1865-12-30
COUNTY COURT LAW.
AN ACT
To Establish County Courts.

this State, with inferior criminal and
civil jurisdiction to the Circuit courts
of this State, and shall be held once
in every month, at the court house of
the county, at such times as the
Judges of said court may from time
to time. appoint, and shall continue
in session from day to day until the
business therein is properly disposed
of for the term, and said term may be
!. for six Judicial days, if the business
therein shall require. The County
court of each county shall have all
the powers and authority, and shall
be governed and controlled by the
same laws, rules and practice of the
Circuit count OF this State, as far as
the same can be applied and extended
to the matters aid jurisdiction conf
ded to said county court, except that
no grand jury or district attorney
shall be necessary, but may be dis
Epensed with, and all cases in said
county court may be tried by the
court upon the laws and facts upon
information in writing in the name cf
the State of Mississippi, made out
and certified by the aAtQrney or clerk
of the court, undeY Ne supervision
and direction of the court. contain
| ing the substance of the charges, the
nature and character of the otfense,
IN what county committed, and the
person and property, ifeither, against
whom or which committed, and about
the date thereof, giving in plain
and simple way notice to the accused
what he or she is arrested and to be
tried for, and the same shall be read
to the accused before trial, if not
waived, but may be amended and
corrected before and during the trial,
so as to conform to the facts and Of
tense proved upon the trial, upon the
same terms and conditions as indict.
ments in the circuit courts Of the
State may by law be amended and
corrected. The prosecutor, if one,
shall be endorsed on such informa-
ton, and shall be liable, as prosecu-
tors upon indictments in the circuit
courts are by law liable. The wit
nesses shall be examined by the court
or prosecutor, or attorney of the
court, or by all, for the State, and by
the defendant, or his or her attorney,
blythe rules and laws governing like
cases in the circuit courts of this
State, and when fully ended, the
court shall decide the same, and en-
ter its judgment or sentence upon
the minutes Of the court, and under
such proceeding and information, any
party on trial may be convicted of a
lesser offense, included in the great
err, or an attempt to commit either
the greater or less offence, or ordered
into custody to answer new and diff
ferent charge and offence as the court
may direct.
S 2. Be it further enacted, That
the county court shall he a court of
record, and its proceedings entered
and preserved of record as is and
may be provided by L. for like bu-
rsiness and proceed.ngIn the several
htcs of said court shalt be sighed by |
the presiding judge of the county
court, and the county court Of each |
county shall have jurisdiction over
all appeals and certioraris from JUS
tees of the peace or mayors courts
as provided by law to circuit courts,
and shall be tried de novo, and with
out pleading, in writing, and by the
same laws applicable to such cases
in the courts appealed from, and the
county courts shall have full and |
complete power to render the proper
Judgment in all such cases, also to
require new bonds and other securi- |
ty, if deemed necessary, instantcr, or
upon time, and to take and approve
the same in term time, if the original, |
from any cause, shall be deemed by
the court insufficient.
S 3. BE 1t further enacted, That
the county court shall have full and
complete jurisdiction of all cases of
petit larceny, assaults, assaults and
batteries, riots, ARRAYS, routes, unlaw-
full assemblies, words of insult made
indictable by cur statute, violations
Of the Sabbath of every kind against
law, disturbances of religious wor-
ship or persons assembled for that
purpose, whether engaged at the
time or not ,defaulting road oversccrs
and all offenses concerning public
roads made indictable by law, unlaw-
full exhibition of deadly weapons, ga
ming, racing or shooting upon any
public road, street or square, obtain
ing goods, money or other property |
by false pretences, under the value
of one hundred dollars, and all other
common law and statutory offences
below the grade of felony, not spe-
cially designated above, and all at
tempts to commit any of those often
ces in their respective counties or
police districts, whether before or
since the passage f this act, not bar
red by the statutszof limitations of
this State, and tt impose such fines
and punishments Us are provided by
law for such offences, or may infict
corporal punishment, by suspending
the party convicted, by the thumbs
not more than two hours in twenty
four, nor more than ten days, and so
as not to permanently injure the par
ty so punished, and may direct the
quality and quantity of diet in all
such cases, or may impose any two
or all of said punishments in aggra-
waited causes, and no such causes
shall ever be dismissed without trial,
except by the unanimous consent and
approval of the court.
s A. Belt further enacted, That
the county courts shall have all the
process and authority to compel any
party, witness, juror, officer or other
person, to personally appear and an
swer any offence or suit serve as ju-l
ror, witness OF officer, or execute pro-
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