In a civil action how large a judgment can be obtained?
A. Not to exceed two hundred dollars.
Q. Can criminal suits be tried in a Justice Court?
A. Some can be tried in it; but usually the parties give bail for
their appearance at a higher court to await the action of the
Grand Jury.
COUNTY COURT.
Q. What is the next higher court?
A. The County Court.
Q. What are the divisions of the County Court?
A. County Court and Court of Sessions.
Q. For what causes are each designed?
A. The County Court is for the trial of civil causes, the Sessions
for the trial of criminal causes, but not of the higher crimes.
Q. What jurisdiction has the County Court?
A. Original and Appellate, that is a suit may be commenced in it,
or it may be appealed from a lower court.
Q. What jurisdiction has the Court of Sessions?
A. Original; no person can be tried in it, who is charged with a
crime until he is indicted by a Grand Jury.
Q. Who presides in the County Court?
A. The County Judge.
Q. Who presides in the Court of Sessions?
A. The County Judge and the two Justices of Sessions.
Q. Can both of the Courts be held during the same term?
A. They can; as soon as a cause has been tried in one court the
Judge may change to the other, and should it be the Sessions, the
Justices of Sessions must be on the bench with the Judge; should
it be the County Court, he alone is the court.
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