Litchfield enquirer., 1871-08-17
CHAPTER TIT,

An act in addition to sAn act to create
 and establish court of common pleas
 in New London County" ..r-'-.rr
 Be it enacted by dhe Senate a.,d House of Representatives in General Assembly conven- cd: N .-f v
 Sec. 1. The sessions of the Court of Common Pleas in New London county. shall, instead of those now provided bv the act creating and establishing said court, be as follows, to wit :-at New Lon- don on the first Tuesdays of August, De- cember and April, and at Norwich on the Tuesdays of October, February and June. in each year, and said court shall have power to adjourn from New London tO Norwich and from Norwich to New Lon don, whenever the public convenience may require it to be done, and no term of said court shall be adjourned sine die, until every cause on the docket shall be tried, diuposed of, or continued by agreement of the parties, or by order of the court for sufficient cause. and said court may order and direct 8 Jury to be summoned and to be in attendance at all, or at such. and 90 many of said Terms as the public necessi- ty may require. @ u-94 es- e Yl
 Sec. 2. Said court in addition to the jurisdiction now conferred upon the same by law, shall have exclusive Jurisdiction of all criminal oHenses now cOpnizable bv the superior court in said county, except- ing crimes, the punishment of which may be death or Imprisonment for life, and in all cases whatsoever, other than those above excepted, where complaint for any criminal matter shall be legally brought before justice of the peace or Police court within said county, which is now by law cognizable by the superior court such justice of the peace or police court may hear and inquire into the facts relative thereto, and if thereupon said justice of the peace or police court, shall be- of 0pin- ion that probable ground exists for the support of such complaint, may order the person accused or complained of to give a bond of recogniz ance with sufficient sure ty, conditioned that such person shall ap- pear before the next Court of Common Pleas to be holden in said county to an swer to said complaint and abide the or der or judgment of said court, touching said complaint or the matters charged therein and on failure of the person &C., cused or complained of to give or enter in- to such bond of recognizance, such justice of the peace, or police court shall order the person so accused or complained Of to be committed to the common jail in said county until the next session of said Court of Common Pleas, or until such person shall be discharged by due course of law and said bond of recognizance shall be given and taken to the treasurer of the state, and Ill all other cases of criminal complaint or procedure whatsoever, where in bond of recognizance is now by lew required to be given or taken for the ap- of hn hoRA 41n
 rior court, (except in cases where the pun ishment may be death or Imprisonment for hfe,) said bond shall be given and talk en for the appearance of the accused be- fore the next Court of Common Pleas to be holden in said county "
 Sec: 5. Said Court of Common Pleas shall have sole cognizance and iurisdiction of all appeals in criminal cases from, the judgments of justices of the peace and po- lice courts within said county where an appeal is now allowed to the superior court, and of all appeals in prosecutions for the violation of the provisions of the charter of any bylaw of any city or bor- opgh within said county, and upon such appeal the accused shall give such bond of recognizance with surety as said justice of the peace or police court may order. to the treasurer of the state conditioned for his appe arance before the next Court of Common Pleas to be holden in said coun- ty, to answer to said complaint and to abide the judgment that may be rendered by said court thereon. ng-1
 Sec. 4. In all criminal cases wherein the accused shall have been bound over to appear before, or wherein he shall have appealed to the superior court in said New London county at it's September term, 1871, said accused may be tried. or the case disposed of by said superior court at said September term, or said court may order the same to be transferred to the next term of said Court of Common Pleas. Sec. 5. Nothing in the foregoing gec- tions of this act contained, shall be con- strued to prevent the superior court from rendering and pronouncing judgment and sentence upon any person, who having been indicted upon the presentment Of s grand jury, shall be found guilty by the petit jury of lesser offence than that named and charged in the indictment, Or to alter in any way the criminal iurisdic- tion of justices of the peace or of police courts in the county of New London.igaT
 Approved June 2, 1871. ,D,.g1