Court of Appeals of Texas July 1, 1879 (Chaplin v. State)

Clark, J.

It has been held by this court, after full consideration of the various constitutional and statutory provisions relating to the jurisdiction of County Courts, that said courts are vested with jurisdiction, concurrent with courts of justices of the peace, to try and determine all cases of misdemeanor, save such as involve official misconduct, even though the penalty prescribed may be by