The justice of the peace [magistrate] before whom complaint shall have been made for a violation of the two foregoing sections [ 19-3-7, 19-3-8 NMSA 1978], shall immediately enter upon the due investigation of the same, as by law required in the case of other offenses, and shall transmit his proceedings to the proper court.
§ 19-3-9 NMSA 1978
[Proceedings before magistrate.]
Laws 1865, ch. 16, § 3; C.L. 1884, § 2577; C.L. 1897, § 3751; Code 1915, § 4640; C.S. 1929, § 111-113; 1941 Comp., § 8-309; 1953 Comp., § 7-3-9.
Official source: NMOneSource (New Mexico Compilation Commission). Reproduced from public-domain New Mexico statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.