Tenn. Code § 40-1-108 : — CRIMINAL PROCEDUREJURISDICTION AND VENUE —1-108 - Original jurisdiction of circuit and criminal courts

The circuit and criminal courts have original jurisdiction of all criminal matters not exclusively conferred by law on some other tribunal.

T.C.A. § 40-1-108

Code 1858, § 4967; Shan., § 6928; Code 1932, § 11467; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 40-116.