Montgomery County sentinel., 1962-10-04


timore In Snch cases no other or formal
order for appeal shall be required and
any simple ttritteB statement BY an in
priSoned defendant indicating a dssirs to
appeal TO the Criminal Court of Bdlti-
more from his convietioH by the MHnici.
fdi Court of Baltimore City shall suffice.
Upon receipt of said uyitfen statement,
the said Wdrden or Superintendent of the
institution suheyein the person so APPEAL
ing IS confined shall endorse thereon the
date aud time of the receipt thereof by
him AND uithH ~ hours Thereafter shall
transmit the same together sVith a copy
of the commitment iH said case to the
Chief Clerk of the Municipal Court of
Baltimore City. The Chief Clerk of the
Municipal Court Of Baltimore City shall
endorse Oh said uyitten statement the
date and tinie of the receipt thereof BY
him aud ioithin n hours thereafter shall
transmit the original pdfsrs to the Clerk
of the Criminal Court Of Baltimore pHr-
Saant to rs of this article.
~. Bail tVhsH appeal taken,
UfoH taking an appeal pursuant to (
43 of this article, the defenddnt so ab-
pediing shall be entitled TO remain on
bail, # on bail, or be admitted to bail,
# NOT on bail, but the Municipal Court
of Baltimore City may 10 its discretion
require additional or greater bail pend
ia0 an appeal than Sarh dsfenddnt may
already haze oivsn before coHqiction.
While any SHch dfbedi is pending the
Criminal Court of Baltimore may IN its
discretion increase or reduce the amount
Of bail Heretofore required BY the Mani.
cifal Court of Baltimore CITY
"a. Fees and costs on appeal.
Upon the trial in the Criminal Court
of Baltimore of Gppsals entered pursuant
to s fS or : "a of this article The same
feeS and costs shall be fdfed as in other
cases tried BY the Criminal Court of
baltimore ~ the sxeYciss of its original
Jurisdiction.
SEC. s. And be IL further enacted,
That Article ~ Of the Annotated Code
of Maryland Uos7 EDITION., title
Grimes and Punishments', subtitle
Concealed Weapons, Section 36 (c),
he and it is hereby repealed and re-
enacted, with amendments, TO read as
follows:
SO (c) ProSscMioHs--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 Tor ethyl where the
otense 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 cityl where the offense occurs
shall, before the trial of such alleged
ofense, pray 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 10 bail TO ap.
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 recognizsnee, with the names
and residences Of the witnesses for the
prosecution endorsed thereon, forthwith
to the clerk Of such court; and the jus.
tiee OF the peace before whom the ac-
cused is brought for trial shall inform
him seasonably OF his right to demand
trial by jury.
ohS' Z. <1Hd % JHfffeF en0cffd,
That Article ~ Of the Annotated Code
of Maryland (io57 Edition), title Grimes
and Punishments," Section l22, be and
It is hereby repealed and reenacted,
with amendments TO read as follows:
! 122. 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 wilfully act in disordery manner
BY making loud and unseemly noises or
by profanely cursing, swearing or using
obscene language, or by indeeently 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 wlfuly
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
tric 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 hne and costs are not paid the
parry ohdH DC lot not less
than seven days or more than sixty
days to the city or county Jail. such
party 10 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 ohenSe
with the circuit courts for their respec-
tive counties {, and justices of the peace
gelA tn al,
houses in the City of Baltimore shall
have concurrent jurisdiction over such
oftense with the Criminal Court of Bzlti-
moreI; and any person who shall commit
any of the crimes, ofenses or INSIDE
mesnors as defined by this section NAV
be arrested, tried and convicted, as here
IN provided, in any county or city in
this state, from, to or through which
the said etreeear, 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 be found
after said crimes, offenses or misdernean.
ofs have been committed. And any per-
son who shall commit any OF the crimes,
misdemeanors or ofenses 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 in any
court or before any justice of the peace
OF this State having jurisdiction OF SINH
lar crimes, ofenses and misdemeanors
Of the county in which he may be arrest.
ed or into which he may be FIRST brought.
SEC. 8. And be IL further sHdcfed.
That Article n OF the Annotated Code
of Maryland (l9s7 Edition, title.
Grimes and Punishments", Section 1923.
be and il is hereby repealed and re.
enacted, with amendments, to read as
follows:
i25. Drunkenness and disorderly
conduct generally; habitual offenders.
Every person who shall be found
drunk, or acting in a disorderIy 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, OF in any ,tore
during business hours, or in any elevator,
lobby or corridor Of any Office building
or apartment house having more than
three separate dwelling units in any city,
town or county Of this State, shall he
deemed guilty Of misdemeanor; and.
upon conviction thereof, shall be sub.
Ject TO fine Of not more than fifty
dollars, or be confined in Jail for !
period Of not more than sixty days or
be both fined and imprisoned in the
discretion Of the court. Habitual offend.
ers may be fined not more than one
hundred dollars or committed 10 jail or
the Maryland House Of Correction for
not more than six months An habituzl
offender is person who shall have been