EDWIN WARFIELD, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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of such firm and the directors, trustees or managers of such

corporation shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on con-

viction thereof in the Circuit Court for Dorchester County,

or before any justice of the peace thereof shall, for every of-

fense, be confined in the Maryland House of Correction not less

than three nor more than six months; but if any such liquors,

medicated bitters or alcoholic compound or cider be sold on

Penalties for

Sunday or to any minor the party or parties so offending, on

selling liquor
on Sunday.

conviction as aforesaid, shall for every offense be confined in

the Maryland House of Correction for not less than six

months ; in any indictment, warrant or other charge, the mem-

bers of any firm shall be designated as in civil suits, and in

the case of corporations the directors, trustees or managers

thereof may be simply designated as directors, trustees or man-

agers of such corporation, and in no case against the members

of any firm or against the directors, trustees or managers of

any corporation shall abate, be quashed or set aside under

demurrer, because less than the whole number of the mem-

bers of the directors, trustees or managers of such corporation

have been charged or arrested, but such as are charged and

have been arrested may be tried, and those who have not been

charged or those who being charged have not been arrested,

may upon being charged and arrested, be tried. In trials in the

Circuit Court, where the cases have been removed to said

court for jury trial, or in trials upon appeals from justices of

the peace, instead of proceeding to trial upon the warrant is-

sued by the justice, the State's Attorney may in every such

State's At-

case, before the trial begins, prepare and file in the same any

torney to pre-
pare charge.

information or charge in the nature of an indictment, and the

case shall be tried hereuncler, and if any person or persons be

charged as the members of any firm or as the directors or man-

agers of any corporation and shall deny that they are mem-

bers of such firm, or are directors, trustees or managers of such

corporation, shall be required to sustain such denials by evi-

dence; provided, that nothing herein contained shall be com-

strued to prevent the sale of peach or apple brandy, wines or

pure and unadulterated apple cider manufactured in Dorchester

County from fruit grown therein, in quantities not less than

Exempts home-

one gallon, by the grower or growers of such fruit, upon the

made liquors.

premises where the said fruit was grown ; provided, that noth-

ing herein contained shall be construed to affect any prosecu-

tion for now depending violations of the existing laws of this

State or for offenses against the same committed before the

passage of this Act.