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during the session thereof, and in vacation, or in chambers, |
Jurisdiction
on motions. |
before any of the said judges; and shall also have jurisdic-
tion to hear and determine all motions for a new trial in
cases tried in any of said courts, where such motions arise
either, on questions of fact, or for misdirection upon any
matters of law, and all motions in arrest of judgment, or
upon any matters of law determined by the said judge, or
judges, while holding said several courts; and the said
Supreme Bench of Baltimore city shall make all needful
rules and regulations for the hearing before it of all said
matters; and the same right of appeal to the Court of Ap-
peals shall be allowed from the determination of the said
court on such matters, as would have been the right of the
parties if said matters had been decided by the court in
which said cases were tried.
[The judge, before whom any case may hereafter be tried,
in either the Baltimore City Court, the Superior Court of
Baltimore city, or the Court of Common Pleas, shall have
exclusive jurisdiction to hear and determine, and the said
judge shall hear and determine all motions for a new trial
where such motions arise, either on questions of fact or for
misdirection upon any matters of law, and all motions in
arrest of judgment, or upon any matters of law, deter-
mined by the said judge, and all such motions shall be heard
and determined within thirty days after they are made.]*
Dykes v.Banks, 31 Md., 239. Roth v. House of Refuge, 31 Md.,
329. Merrick v. B. & 0. R. R. Co., 33 Md., 481. Gibbons v. Cherry,
53 Md., 144.
SEC. 34. No appeal shall lie to the Supreme Bench of |
Appeals from
Justices. |
Baltimore city from the decision of the judge or the judges
holding the Baltimore City Court in case of appeal from a
Justice of the Peace; but the decision by said judge or
judges shall be final; and all writs and other process issued
out of either of said courts, requiring attestation, shall be
attested in the name of the Chief Judge of the said Supreme
Bench of Baltimore city. |
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Quorum. |
SEC. 35. Three of the judges of said Supreme Bench of
Baltimore city shall constitute a quorum of said court. |
Cases pend-
ing. |
SEC. 30. All causes depending, at the adoption of this
Constitution, in the Superior Court of Baltimore city, the
Court of Common Pleas, the Criminal Court of Baltimore,
and the Circuit Court of Baltimore city, shall be proceeded
in, and prosecuted to final judgment or decree, in the courts
respectively of the same name established by this Constitu-
*Thus amended by the Act of 1870, Chapter 177, as provided by Section 38
of Article 4 of the Constitution.
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