(A) The Council shall provide a suitable place for the Magistrate Court. The Court shall be open for transaction of business on all judicial days.
(B) The proceedings shall be conducted in accordance with the State Constitution, the applicable state statutes and rules of the State Supreme Court pertaining to magistrate courts. The proceedings shall also be conducted in accordance with the rules of criminal procedure for the Superior Court, unless otherwise prescribed, and providing this code and resolutions of the town are not in conflict therewith.
(C) The Magistrate Court proceedings shall be commenced by complaint under oath and in the name of the state setting forth the offense charged with and such particulars of time, place, person and property as to enable the defendant to understand distinctly the character of the offense complained of and to answer the complaint.
(D) If the Town Magistrate is satisfied that the offense complained of has been committed by the person charged, he or she shall issue a summons or a warrant of arrest. Before issuing a summons or warrant of arrest on a complaint, the Magistrate may subpoena and examine witnesses as to the truth of the complaint.
(E) The rights of trial by jury shall be granted in all cases of a nature as were trialable before a jury at common law and as are trialable by jury under the Constitution and laws of the state.
(1996 Code, § 2.32.040)