Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1854-05-17

parties so recognized shall not appear at the time
set for said trial the fecognizance so given
Iby him or. them shall be forfeited by such
Justice Of the Petce or Mayor, and such of
fcer shall enter such forfeiture upon said recog-
lnizance and also upon his docket and thereupon
such Justice or Mayor shall forthwith proceed to
collect the penalty Of said recognizance by
instituting an action thereon and proceeding with
the same to final judgment, and when the same is
collected after paying the costs of such collec-
ton such Justice or Mayor shall pay over the
balance to the township, city, or incorporated vi
lage Treasurer for the support Of Common School
and in all cases Of prosecution before Justices Of
the Peace, or Mayors, if such officer finds the
complaint to be true, he shall recognize such de-
fendant or defendants TO answer such said charge
as in other criminal prosecutions of like grades;
Provided, that il such defendant or defendants,
shall plead guilty such officer may afix the pen
atty, and proceed to judgment; and in such case,
said officer, shall Immediately issue an execution
against the property and body of the defendant,
for the fine and costs, unless paid or secured, and
said defendant shall not be discharged until said
Judgment and costs shall be fully paid, or secured
to be paid. g
SEC. l2. The following form of complaint shall
be sufficient in criminal proceedings, before JUS
tces Of the peace or mayors, under this act, when
applicable but may be varied to suit the nature of
the case, namely:
State Of Ohio, County, IS. Before me, A.
B., (a justice of the peace for said county, or
mayor of, &C., as the case may be,) personally
came C. D., who being duly sworn according to
law, deposeth and saith, that on, or about the
day Of, in the year,-at the county Of
-aforesaid, E. F., did sell intoxicating liquors,
to one G. H., to be drank in the place where sold,
(or to G. H., minor, &C., or a person intoxca-
ted, or in the habit of getting intoxicated, as the
case may be, or is the keeper of room, or
tavern, US the case may be, where, intoxicating
liquors are sold in violation of law,) and further
saith not.
t7, Signed, C. D.
Sworn to, and subscribed before me, this
day Of, A. D.. us p -ar
#a....s. A. B., Justice, or Ma?or, &c.
SEC. Is. In all prosecutions under this act, by
indictment, otherwise it shall not be necessary
to state the kind OF liquor sold, to describe the
place Where sold, and for any violation of the
fourth section, it shall not be necessary to state
the name of any person to whom sold; and in all
cases, the person or persons, to whom intoxica-
ting liquors shall be sold, in violation of this act
shall be competent as witnesses, to prove such
fact, or any other tending thereto.
SEC. IA. That "an act to restrain the sale of
spirituous liquors.. ".passed March IL, 1851, and
San act further defining the powers Of the trus-
tees of townships" passed March IL, 1853, be,
and the same are hereby repealed; Provided, that
all suits and prosecutions pending under said acts,
or previous violations thereof shall be prosecuted
undersaid acts, the same as before the passage OF
this act. ii
F. C. LEBLOND,
Speaker of the House of Representatives..
JAMES MYERS,
President Of the Senate.
May LIST, 1854.