The following magistrates, throughout their several territorial jurisdictions, shall have authority to conduct preliminary examinations of persons accused of felonies, with authority to bail or discharge, as follows: (1) District courts having criminal jurisdiction, in all cases; (2) City or parish courts having criminal jurisdiction, in cases not capital; and (3) Justices of the peace in cases not capital or necessarily punishable at hard labor.
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