The Republican., 1962-10-04

byisoned may snter an APPEAL pursuant
to 43 of this article BY delivering 10
the Harden or Superintendent Of the IN
Stitution iUheyein he is confined, 1Uithin
the time prescribed by rs of this az
tide, a aCrittSn statement of his desire
to APPEAL to the Criminal Court of Bal.
tMoye. In SHch cases no other or formal
order for APPEAL shall be required and
any simple 7ritfen statement BY an i'm.
pviSOnsd defendant indicating a desire to
APPEAL TO the Criminal Court of BGlti-
more from his conviction BY the MHnici-
pal Court of Baltimore City shall suffice.
Upon receipt of said 7viHen statement,
the SAID Warden or Superintendent of the
institution 1oherein the person so appeal.
ing is confined shall endorse thereon the
date and time of the receipt thereof by
him and ,oithin N hours thereafter shall
transmit the same together 7Vith copy
of the commitment ~ said case to the
Chief Clerk of the Municipal Court of
Municipal Court of Baltimore City shall
endorse on said aVitten statement the
date aud time of the receipt thereof BY
him and aithin ~ hours thereafter shall
transmit The original PAPERS to the Clerk
of the Criminal Court of Baltimore PHT-
SHdnt to : 45 of this article.
sT. Bail gchen appeal taken.
Upon taking an appeal pursuant to
43 Of this article, the defendant so Gp-
fediin0 shall be entitled to remain on
bail, if on bail, or be admitted to bail,
if not on bail, bHt the Municipal Court
of Baltimore City may III its discretion
require additional or greater bail pend
ing an APPEAL than such defendant may
already haze 0i5en before conyicti0S.
While any such APPEAL is pending the
Criminal Court of Baltimore may in its
discretion increase or reduce the omOHnt
Of bail Msretofore required BY the Muni-
cfPdl Court of Baltimore City.
IS. Fees aud costs on appeal.
Upon the trial III the Criminal Court
Of Baltimore of GppsdIs entered pursuant
to 5 45 or S ~ of this article the same
fees and costs shall be taxed as in other
cases tvisd by the Criminal Court of
Baltimore in the exercise Of its original
jurisdiction.
SEC g. And be it further enacted,
That Article 27 of the Annotated Code
of Maryland Q9s7 EDITION., title
Grimes and Punishments' subtitle
Concealed Weapons, Section 3s (c),
be and it is hereby repealed and re-
enacted, with amendments, to read as
follows:
$50 (c) ProsecntiOns.-All prosecu-
tions for violations of the provisions Of
this section may be either upon present
ment and indictment in any court having
criminal jurisdiction in this State, or by
trial before any justice of the peace in
and for the county IOr cityI where the
otfenSe occurs, and jurisdiction original
and concurrent with the said courts hav-
ing criminal jurisdiction is hereby given
to the said justices of the peace, and
they shall have power to issue all pro-
cesSes and do all acts which may be
necessary for the exercise of said juris-
diction. and may try and determine all
such cases and may pronounce judgment
and impose sentence therein to the same
extent as the aforesaid courts having
criminal jurisdiction could do in such
cases, if such cases were tried before
such court without a jury; provided,
however, that if any person, when
brought before any such justice having
jurisdiction of the case, shall, before the
trial for the alleged offense, pray a jury
trial, or if the States attorney for the
county Tor ethyl where the offense occurs
shall, before the trial of such alleged
offense, pray a jury trial on behalf of
the State, it shall be the duty of such
justice to commit such alleged offender
for trial, or to hold him to bail to APP
pear for trial in the court having crimi-
nal jurisdiction in the case, at its then
or next session, and to return said COM
mitment or recognizance, with the names
and residences of the witnesses for the
prosecution endorsed thereon, forthwith
TO the clerk of such court; and the JUS
tiCe of the peace before whom the ac-
cused is brought for trial shall inform
him seasonably of his right TO demand a
trial by jury.
SEC. 7. lind be It further enacted,
That Article 27 of the Annotated Code
of Maryland G957 Edition., title Grimes
and Punshments," Section 122, be and
II is hereby repealed and reenacted,
with amendments IN re11 fo1lOurc.
Sl22. Disturbance of the peace at
stations or upon public conveyanCes.
Any person who shall be found drunk
or acting in disorderly manner to the
disturbance of the public peace, or who
shall wifuly act i'll dSorderly manner
by making loud and unseemly noises or
by profanely cursing, swearing or using
obscene language, or by indecently ex-
posing his person on or about any steam-
boat wharf, dock or public waiting room,
or in or about the station grounds of
any railroad in the State, or in or on
any steamboat, streetcar, electric car,
railroad car, passenger train or other
public conveyance, or who shall wilfully
catch hold of and solicit persons against
the will Of said persons, or obstruct their
free passage TO or through or out of such
steamboat wharveS, docks, public waiting
rooms, railroad stations, streetcars, cleo
trio cars, railroad cars, passenger trains
or other public conveyance, shall upon
conviction thereof, be sentenced to a fine
of not less than FIVE dollars nor more
than fifty dollars and costs, and when
such fine and costs are not paid the
party shall be committed for not less
than seven days or more than sixty
days TO the city or county jail, such
party to be released at any time before
the term of his Imprisonment expires
upon the payment of his fine and costs.
The justices of the peace for the respec-
tive counties of this State shall have
concurrent jurisdiction over such offense
with the circuit courts for their respec-
tive counties [. and justices of the peace
selected to sit at the respective station
houses in the City of Baltimore shall
have concurrent jurisdiction over such
offense with the Criminal Court of Balti-
rnorel; and any person who shall commit
any of the crimes, offenses or nisde-
meanors defined by this section may
be arrested, tried and convicted, as here
in provided, in any county or city in
this State, from, to or through which
the said streeCar, electric car, railroad
car, passenger train, or other public con-
veyance may run, or into which he may
be brought by said car or other public
conveyance; or in any county or city in
the State in which he may he found
after said crimes, offenses or misdemean-
son who shall commit any of the crimes,
misdemeanors or offenses herein men-
toned upon any steamboat, upon the
waters of the Chesapeake Bay, within the
limits OF this State, and without body of
any county thereof, may be tried i'll any
court or before any justice of the peace
OF this State having jurisdiction of SINH
lar crimes, offenses and msdemeanors
of the county in which he may be arrest
ed or into which he may be first brought.
SEC. s. And be it further enacted,
That Article 27 of the Annotated Code
of Maryland 0957 Edition, title,
Grimes and Punishments' Section l23,
be and it is hereby repealed and re-
enacted, with amendments, to read as
follows:
123. Drunkenness and disorderly
conduct generally; habtual offenders.
Every person who shall be found
drunk, or acting in a disorderly manner
to the disturbance of the public peace,
upon any public street or highway, in
any city, town or county in this State, or
at any place of public worship or public
resort or amusement in any city, town or
county Of this State, or in any store
during business hours, or in any elevator,
lobby or corridor of any of<e building
or apartment house having more than
three separate dwelling units in any city,
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor; and,
upon conviction thereof, shall be sub
ject to fine of not more than fifty
dollars, or be confined in Jail for a
period of not more than sixty days or
be both fined and imprisoned in the
discretion of the court. Habitual Offend
erS NAV be fined not more than one