McLean v. State

Citations

• 23 Fla. 281

Syllabus

<p>1. The plaintiffs in error were tried in the Circuit Court upon an indictment for the larceny of property of the value of twenty-five dollars. They were found guilty of the larceny of property of the value of ten dollars, and were fined. They moved in arrest of judgment upon the ground that the Circuit Court had no jurisdiction : Reid, That jurisdiction is determined by the indictment, and that being for a felony the Circuit Court had, under the Constitution and statutes, jurisdiction, and the motion in court was properly overruled.</p> <p>2. In criminal cases the jurisdiction is determined by the charge made in the indictment, and when the court has acquired jurisdiction by reason of such charge, it has under the law jurisdiction of all lesser offences included” within such charge.</p>