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MISSOURI. 29
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as folioivs:
§ 1. A court of record, to be called the St. Louis criminal court, is hereby
established in the county of St. Louis, which shall have all the original and appellate jurisdiction in criminal cases heretofore vested in the circuit court of said
§ 2. The court hereby established shall possess all the powers, perform the
duties, and be subject to the restrictions of a court of record, as such, according
to the provisions of the laws of this State.
§ 3. The circuit court of St. Louis shall not hereafter exercise original jurisdiction in any criminal case, nor appellate jurisdiction of any offence tried and
determined before a justice of the peace, or other magistrate.
§ 4. All criminal causes removed from any other county to the county of St.
Louis, shall be tried, and determined by the court hereby established.
§ 5. The circuit court of St. Louis county shall exercise its superintending
control over the said criminal court, only by appeal or writ of error, allowed and
prosecuted in the manner and with the effect prescribed by law in cases of appeal or writ of error to the supreme court; except that the defendant shall in
no case be let to bail on such appeal or writ of error.
§ 6. Appeals and writs of error, in case of final judgment or decision of said
circuit or criminal court, may be allowed and prosecuted directly to the supreme
court, in the manner and with the effect in all respects, as is prescribed by law,
in cases of such appeal or writ of error from the circuit to the supreme court
§ 7. The criminal court hereby established, and the judge thereof shall have
power to stay proceedings on any judgment rendered in said court, in any case
■of appeal or writ of error, and to admit the defendant to bail upon appeal or
writ of error to the supreme court, in the manner and for the causes prescribed
by law for the government of the supreme and circuit courts, and the judges
thereof in such cases.
§ 8. The circuit court, in all cases of appeal or writ of error, shall proceed
as is provided by law for the government of the supreme court on appeals or
§ 9. The judge of said criminal court shall be nominated by the House of
Representatives, and appointed by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and commissioned by the Governor.
§ 10. If a vacancy shall happen in such office in the recess of the General
Assembly, the Governor shall appoint some competent person to supply such
vacancy, who shall hold his office until a successor be duly commissioned and
§ II. The judge of the said criminal court shall possess the qualifications of
a circuit judge, and shall hold his office for the term of six years, and until his
successor is appointed and qualified, unless sooner removed from office, as in
the next section provided.
§ 12. Such judge may be removed from office for the same causes, and in
the same manner as a judge of the circuit court.
§ 13. The compensation of such judge shall be one thousand dollars a year,
payable out of the State Treasury, quarter yearly, in the same manner as the
salaries of the judges of the circuit courts.
§ 14. The judge of the said court shall be a conservator of the peace within
the county, and shall have all the powers of a judge of the circuit court in criminal cases, may take and certify the proof and acknowledgment of deeds and
conveyances, administer oaths, issue writs of habeas corpus, and hear and determine the same, in the same manner as a judge of the circuit court.
§ 15. There shall be a clerk of the said criminal court, who shall possess the
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Transcript MISSOURI. 29 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as folioivs: § 1. A court of record, to be called the St. Louis criminal court, is hereby established in the county of St. Louis, which shall have all the original and appellate jurisdiction in criminal cases heretofore vested in the circuit court of said county. § 2. The court hereby established shall possess all the powers, perform the duties, and be subject to the restrictions of a court of record, as such, according to the provisions of the laws of this State. § 3. The circuit court of St. Louis shall not hereafter exercise original jurisdiction in any criminal case, nor appellate jurisdiction of any offence tried and determined before a justice of the peace, or other magistrate. § 4. All criminal causes removed from any other county to the county of St. Louis, shall be tried, and determined by the court hereby established. § 5. The circuit court of St. Louis county shall exercise its superintending control over the said criminal court, only by appeal or writ of error, allowed and prosecuted in the manner and with the effect prescribed by law in cases of appeal or writ of error to the supreme court; except that the defendant shall in no case be let to bail on such appeal or writ of error. § 6. Appeals and writs of error, in case of final judgment or decision of said circuit or criminal court, may be allowed and prosecuted directly to the supreme court, in the manner and with the effect in all respects, as is prescribed by law, in cases of such appeal or writ of error from the circuit to the supreme court in criminal cases. § 7. The criminal court hereby established, and the judge thereof shall have power to stay proceedings on any judgment rendered in said court, in any case ■of appeal or writ of error, and to admit the defendant to bail upon appeal or writ of error to the supreme court, in the manner and for the causes prescribed by law for the government of the supreme and circuit courts, and the judges thereof in such cases. § 8. The circuit court, in all cases of appeal or writ of error, shall proceed as is provided by law for the government of the supreme court on appeals or writs of error in criminal cases. § 9. The judge of said criminal court shall be nominated by the House of Representatives, and appointed by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and commissioned by the Governor. § 10. If a vacancy shall happen in such office in the recess of the General Assembly, the Governor shall appoint some competent person to supply such vacancy, who shall hold his office until a successor be duly commissioned and qualified. § II. The judge of the said criminal court shall possess the qualifications of a circuit judge, and shall hold his office for the term of six years, and until his successor is appointed and qualified, unless sooner removed from office, as in the next section provided. § 12. Such judge may be removed from office for the same causes, and in the same manner as a judge of the circuit court. § 13. The compensation of such judge shall be one thousand dollars a year, payable out of the State Treasury, quarter yearly, in the same manner as the salaries of the judges of the circuit courts. § 14. The judge of the said court shall be a conservator of the peace within the county, and shall have all the powers of a judge of the circuit court in criminal cases, may take and certify the proof and acknowledgment of deeds and conveyances, administer oaths, issue writs of habeas corpus, and hear and determine the same, in the same manner as a judge of the circuit court. § 15. There shall be a clerk of the said criminal court, who shall possess the T