Sec. 943.
The recorder's court in the city of Detroit shall have cognizance and jurisdiction of all
offenses under this act committed within the limits of said city, and the offender may in all
cases be there proceeded against by information, as provided by the charter of said city or any
other statute applicable thereto. In all other cases, the circuit court for the proper county shall
have cognizance of such offenses committed within the county, and in cases where the
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punishment is by such fine or such imprisonment, 1 or both, as the justice's court may impose.
The proper justice's court shall have cognizance and jurisdiction thereof.§ 168.943Recorder's court; jurisdiction; circuit courts, jurisdiction
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