The criminal jurisdiction conferred by this act shall extend
to charges of crimes and offenses committed within the territorial
limits of the city. A warrant issued by a judge shall be executed
only by a peace officer, and may be executed, without endorsement
by any magistrate, in any county by any peace officer in the state.
(L. 1948, c. 569)
A city judge shall possess all the powers and jurisdiction of
a court of special sessions, to be exercised under the title of city
court, and shall have, in the first instance, original and exclusive
jurisdiction to hear, try and determine any charge of misdemeanor
committed within the city. It shall have original and exclusive jurisdiction
to hear, try and determine all complaints and charges of violations
of the city charter, local laws, ordinances, rules and regulations
adopted pursuant thereto.
Any charge of misdemeanor pending before the court may be removed
to a court sitting with a grand jury in the manner provided by sections
fifty-seven, fifty-eight and fifty-nine of the code of criminal procedure,[1] except that a complaint or charge involving violation
of a city charter, local law, ordinance, rule or regulation shall
not be removed.
The court shall have power, upon conviction, to impose such
sentence as is provided by law for the particular crime or offense.
The judge shall have power to let to bail, as provided by law,
all persons brought before him charged with any crime or offense and
shall not be limited by section seven hundred thirty-seven of the
code of criminal procedure.[2]
The city judge may, at the request of a defendant, remit or
reduce a fine imposed, or in place of such fine substitute in his
discretion imprisonment, by an order setting forth the reasons therefor
and the name of the judge ordering the same and filed in the office
of the judge.
Any judgment of conviction rendered in said court or pronounced
by said city judge may be vacated and set aside and a new trial granted
by an order made by said city judge stating the reasons therefor,
which order shall be signed by said city judge and shall be filed
in his office or in the office of said court. (L. 1948, c. 569)
Except as herein provided, all provisions of the code of criminal
procedure relating to inferior courts of local jurisdiction shall
apply to criminal actions, proceedings and matters in the court. (L.
1948, c. 569)
