The justice of the peace [magistrate] before whom complaint shall have been made for a violation of the two foregoing sections [19-3-7, 19-3-8 NMSA 1978], shall immediately enter upon the due investigation of the same, as by law required in the case of other offenses, and shall transmit his proceedings to the proper court.
History: Laws 1865, ch. 16, § 3; C.L. 1884, § 2577; C.L. 1897, § 3751; Code 1915, § 4640; C.S. 1929, § 111-113; 1941 Comp., § 8-309; 1953 Comp., § 7-3-9.
ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law. The office of justice of the peace was abolished by 35-1-38 NMSA 1978, and all jurisdiction, powers and duties conferred by law on justices of the peace have been transferred to the magistrate court.