"Connecticut Strikes at a Court "Racket

composed of a number of differing types, some created by special action of the General Assembly (the legislature) but most coming under the constitutional provision creating justices of the peace.2 The original constitution provided for annual appointments of the justices of the peace by the General Assembly, with such jurisdiction in civil and criminal cases as the General Assembly may prescribe; the Amendment changed the appointment to election by the towns. The present term of office is set at two years and the number of justices elected in each town varies from 5 to 56.4 No general statement of the powers of justices of the peace exists; a large number of laws specify the powers of the justices in particular matters. In general, their jurisdiction was limited under the old laws5 to offenses carrying a penalty of not more than $25.00 fine or jail sentence of not more than 30 days or both. Exceptions existed, however, as in the case of the penalty for non-support where the justice might impose a jail sentence of 60 days, and in reference to the motor vehicle statutes where the justice could impose penalties up to $100.00 but not more than 10 days in jail.' It was not required that justices of the peace be lawyers; the vast majority of them were, in fact, not members of the bar

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