57-9-105 - Court having jurisdiction.

57-9-105. Court having jurisdiction.

In any county having more than one (1) circuit court, or both a circuit court and a criminal court, the court in such county having the jurisdiction of the indictment and trial of offenses against the liquor laws of this state shall have exclusive jurisdiction of all matters relating to the seizure and destruction of intoxicating liquors as provided in this part, and where reference is made to the circuit court or criminal court clerk it shall be deemed to refer to the county clerk of the county having such jurisdiction, and the statements required of the sheriff shall be made to the clerk or the judge of such court.

[Acts 1919, ch. 50, § 13; Shan. Supp., § 6798a19b13; Code 1932, § 11236; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 57-606.]