Ex Parte McGrew
Citations
- 40 Tex. 472
Syllabus
<p>1. A justice of the peace has no power to impose a fine for a larger amount than $100 ; nor is his jurisdiction, as defined by the act of August, 13, 1870, enlarged, in the absence of legislative action, by the- 17thj.Section of Article 5 of the Constitution.</p> <p>3. Section 17 of Article 5 of the Constitution does not affirmatively confer jurisdiction on justices of the peace, but only permits their jurisdiction to be so extended as to embrace all cases less than felony whenever the Legislature, acting under its general power of defining the jurisdiction of justices of the peace, shall so provide.</p> <p>3. When the return to the writ of habeas corpus disclosed that the magistrate in assuming to finally try the relator, who was charged with crime, had exceeded his jurisdiction, this court will examine witnesses concerning-the accusation.</p>
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- holding that a defendant is not prejudiced by a trial court‟s failure to inform him of his right to appeal “if the defendant knows of his right to appeal his conviction”
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Judges: Roberts
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