The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1896-04-24
An Act

to add an additional section to article thirteen
of the Code of Public Local Laws of the State
of Maryland, title Hartford County," subtitle
justices of the Peace and Constables,' so as
to give additional criminal Jurisdiction to the
Justices of the Peace in said county.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the General As
sembly of Mary Wand, that an additional section
be, and the same is hereby added to article
thirteen, of the Code of Public Local Laws of
the State of Maryland, title Hartford County,,
subtitle Justicesof the Peace and Constables,"
so as to give additional criminal jurisdiction to
the Justices of the Peace of said county, said
section to be numbered section 224 A, and to
read as follows
Section 22I A. The several Justices of the
Peace of Hartford county shall have, i'll addition
to the jurisdiction which they now possess, and
which may be conferred upon them by, or I'M
der the laws of this State, jurisdiction concur
rent with that exercised by the Circuit Court
for said county i'll all cases OF assault without
any felonious intent, and Ill all cases of assault
and battery, and in all cases of petit larceny,
when the value of the property stolen does not
exceed the sum of five dollars, and in all mis-
demeanors not punishable by confinement i'll
the penitentiary, which may be committed
within their jurisdiction, and shall have juris-
dictiction in all prosecutions or proceedings
for the recovery OF any penalty Tor doing or
emitting to do any act the doing of which, or
the omission to do which, is made punishable
under the laws of this State, within their said
jurisdiction, by any pecuniary fine or penalty,
or by imprisonment i'll jail, or in the Maryland
House of Correction all of which acts or Omls
siOns are hereby declared to be criminal Of
fences and the said justices shall have power
to issue all process, and 10 do all acts, which
may be necessary to the exercise of their said
juriSdiction;a and may try and determine all cases
whereof they may have jurisdiction, and may
pronounce Judgment and sentence, therein in
the same manner and to the same extent, as
the Circuit Court for said county could i'll such
cases. il such cases were tried before them,
without the intervention of Il jury provided,
however, that il any person, when brought he
fore any such justice having jurisdiction OF the
case, shall, before trial for the alleged offence,
pray jury trial, or if the States Attorney for
said shall before the trinl Of SUtn AL
legged offense, pray jury trial on the part OF
State it shall be the duty of any such Justice to
commit such alleged offender for the action of
Grand Jury OF the Circuit Court for H'rford
County, and to return said commitment or re-
cOgniZance, with the names and residences OF
the witnesses for the prosecution endorsed
thereon, forthwith to the Clerk of said Court;
and justice before whom the case is tried
shall inform the person charged of his right to
Il jury trial.
And if on waiver of jury trial before the JUS
tce and the trial before him, either party shall
feel aggieved, there shall be right of appeal TO
the Circuit Court for Hartford County, i'll case
the Judgment of the Justice of the Peace is
against the accused, and he shall appeal. he
shall enter into recOgnizuncc with the penalty
to be be fixed and the security to be approved
by the Justice of the Peace; and in every such
case the appeal shall be taken within ten Q0)
days after judgment entered.
Section 2. And be it enacted, That in all
cases provided by the Acts of Assembly for
punishment upon conviction before Justices OF
the Peace, for otfenSeS committed i'll Hartford
county, the said offenders may be presented by
the Grand Jury of the Circuit Court for said
county, instead of before u Justice of the
Peace, and in all cases of criminal oiienSes in
which Justices of the Peace of Hartford county
may by law now existing, or hereafter to be
enacted, have jurisdiction to hear and deter
mine, the Circuit Court for Hartford County
shall have concurrent jurisdiction over said Of
fenses by indictment of the Grand Jury.
Section 3. And be it enacted, That all acts
or parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions
of this act, be, and the same are hereby repeal
ed, so far as the same may be inconsistent here
with.
Section 4. And be it enacted, That this act
shall take effect from the date of its passage.
Approved, March 10, 1896.
LLOYD LOWNDES,
Governor.
WILLIAM CABELL BRUCE,
President of the Senate.
SYDNEY L. MUDD,
Speaker of the House of Delegates
Office of the Chief Clerk of the House of Dele
gates.-I hereby certify that the aforegoing is
a true copy of an Act of the General Assembly
of Maryland, passed at the January session.
1896.
NJ. NJ. HIGGINS,
Chief Clerk of the House of Delegates