The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-05-15
Public General Laws.
CHAPTER 12S.

AN ACT TO REPEAL AND RE-ENACT.
WITH AMENDMENTS. SECTION ia
OF ARTICLE 50 OF THE CODE OF
PUBLIC GENERAL LAWS, TITLE
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE" SUB
TITLE CRIMINAL JURISDICTION,
AS SAID SECTION WAS AMENDED
BY CHAPTER SSS OF THE ACTS
OF 1894.
Section l. Be it enacted by the Genera
Assembly of Maryland, Ihat secGon IL,
of Article - of the Code of Publ :ieneral
Laws, title justices of the Peace: SUI
title Criminal Jurisdiction. as Saia So
ton was amended by chapter SaS OF me
Acts of 1851, be. and the same IS nnfTps
repealed and re-enacted, Win dhisiio-
mcnts. so as to read as follows:
ia The several justices OF tht peace
in the state of Maryland, except me cry
of Baltimore and in Talbot, Hariord;;
Montgomery and Frederick counties, shal
have. in addition to the jurisdiction which
they now possess. and which may De con-
this state. jurisdiction concurrent WIN ~.
that exercised by the CIRCUIT courts 1or
the several counties of this state IN an
cases of assault without any felonlous
intent and in all cases of assault and Dat
terry. and in all cases Of petty larceny
when the value of the properly, stolen does
misdemeanors not punishable by confine-
ment in the penitentiary which may pc
committed within their respective JurlS,
diction, and shall have jurisdiction III all
prosecutions or proceedings for recovery
of any penalty for doing or omIttins TO
do any act the doing Of which are the
omisS on to do which is made punishable
under the law of this state within their
sad jurisdiction by any pccln!ary inc
or penalty or by imprisonment in Jail or
N the Maryland House of Correction all
of which acts or omissions are hereby de
clared to be criminal offenSss; and the
said justice shall have power to issue a,
processes and TO do all acts Whlch may
be necessary to the exercise Of their said
Jurisdiction; may try and Determine all
cases whereof they may have jurisdiction,
ana may pronounce judgment and SEN
tence therein. in the same manner and to
the same extent as the circuit court for
said counties could i'll such cases If said
cases were tried before said circuit courts
without the investigation of jury; pro-
vided, however, that if any person, when
brought before any such justice having
jurisdiction of the case, shall, before trial
Tor the alleged offense, pray jury trial,
or if the states attorney for said county
SHAH. before the trial of such alleged Of
Tense, pray jury trial on the part OF the
justice to commit such alleged offender
for trial in the circuit court for the county
in which the offense was committed
or at the next session, if 1t be not then in
session. and to return said commitment
or recoSniZance, with the name and resi-
dence of the witnesses for the prosecu-
ton endorsed thereon, forthwith to the
clerk of said court; and the justice before
whom the case is tried shall inform the
person charged Of his right to a jury trial,
and on receiving recognizance sent up by
the Justice, the clerk shall place the same
on the appeal docket and issue subpoena
for the witnesses named by the Justice,
and the case shall be tried on the informa-
ton or the warrant as if an appeal, and
if on waiver of jury trial before the just
ice, and trial before him, either party
shall feel aggrieved, there shall be a right
of appeal to the circuit court for the
county in which the alleged offense is
charged to have been committed. In case
the judgment of the justice of the peace
is against the accused, he shall appeal,
enter into recogniZance with security to
be approved by the justice of the peace
In every such case the appeal shall be
taken, prayed within ten days after judg-
ment entered.
Section 2 And be it enacted, That this
Act shall take effect from and immedi-
ately after its passage.
Approved March 9th, 1896
LLOYD LOWNDES, Governor.
WILLIAM CABELL BRUCE,
President of the Senate
SYDNEY E. MUDD,
Speaker of the House of Delegates
We hereby certify that the aforegoing
Is correct copy of an Act of the General
Assembly of Maryland, passed January
j. ROGER McsHERRY.
Secretary of the Senate.
NJ. NJ. HIGGINS.
CHIEF Clerk of the House of Delegates