Original Jurisdiction of Circuit and Criminal Courts

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The circuit and criminal courts have original jurisdiction of all criminal matters not exclusively conferred by law on some other tribunal.

Code 1858, § 4967; Shan., § 6928; Code 1932, § 11467; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 40-116.

Textbooks. Tennessee Criminal Practice and Procedure (Raybin), §§ 16.55, 24.10.

Tennessee Jurisprudence, 8 Tenn. Juris., Criminal Procedure, § 18;  8 Tenn. Juris., Criminal Procedure, § 20; 17 Tenn. Juris., Jurisdiction, § 22.

Law Reviews.

The Tennessee Court System — Circuit Court (Frederic S. Le Clercq), 8 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 241.

The Tennessee Court System — Criminal Court (Frederic S. Le Clercq), 8 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 319.


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