Ex parte Stratman

Citations

• 39 Cal. 517
• 1870 Cal. LEXIS 91

Syllabus

<p>Municipal Criminal Court of San Francisco.—Constitutional Construction. —The Municipal Criminal Court of the City and County of San Francisco is an inferior Court within the intent of Section 1, Article VI, of the Constitution, as amended in 1862.</p> <p>Idem.—Effect of Amendment of 1862.—The effect of the amendment of 1862 was to limit the power conferred on the Legislature by Article VI of the Constitution to the establishment of municipal and inferior Courts within the limits of am incorporated city.</p> <p>Idem—Obdbb Transferring Cases to, Before Organization.—An order of the County Court of the City and County of San Francisco transferring certain criminal cases pending in said Court to the Municipal Criminal Court of said city and county, prior to the qualification of -the Judge of the last mentioned Court, was valid, and the Municipal Court, when organized, had authority to try and dispose of such cases.</p>