Commonwealth v. Loghlin , 81 Mass. 569 ( 1860 )

Metcalf, J.

This case is governed by that of Commonwealth v. Henry, 7 Cush. 512. Mr. Davis had authority as justice of the peace to receive the complaint and issue the warrant; and as trial justice he had jurisdiction of the offence with which the defendant was charged in the complaint. Sts. 1858, c. 138, § 1; 1859, c. 193. The objection to the irregularity in the form (if the warrant could not be first raised in arrest of judgment.

Exceptions overruled.