GARDNER, Presiding Judge.
1. The superior courts of this State are given general and exclusive jurisdiction in all criminal cases where the offender is subjected to loss of life or confinement in the penitentiary. Constitution, art VI, sec. IV, par. I (Code § 2-3901), and see also Code § 24-2615.
Prosecutions in the superior courts are ordinarily instituted by indictments. A prosecution may be brought to a superior court by accusation only in misdemeanor...
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