UNITED STATES v. RAVARA


2 U.S. 297 (____)

2 Dall. 297

The UNITED STATES versus RAVARA.

Supreme Court of United States.


WILSON, Justice.

I am of opinion, that although the Constitution vests in the Supreme Court an original jurisdiction, in cases like the present, it does not preclude the Legislature from exercising the power of vesting a concurrent jurisdiction, in such inferior Courts, as might by law be established: And as the Legislature has expressly declared, that the Circuit Court shall have "exclusive cognizance of all crimes and offences...

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