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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

the direction of the justice of the peace adjudging
such forfeiture ; one-half of all tines so imposed, and

forfeitures so adjudged, to go to the informer, and

the other half to the school fund of said county; and

all costs of such prosecution to be paid by the party

convicted.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the possession of

any live partridge shall be prima facie evidence that

Evidence of

the person having the same, trapped said partridge,

trapping and
killing

and the possession of any dead partridge within the

time prohibited for shooting the same, shall be

prima facie evidence that the person so possessing

said partridge shot the same.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That every justice of the
peace in said county shall have jurisdiction to try all

cases where any person or persons shall be charged

Jurisdiction

with the violation of this act; and it shall be the

to try.

duty of every constable in said county to report all

violations of this law within his knowledge, and to

give the names of parties so violating the same, and

of the witnesses of said violation, to some justice of

the peace, whose duty it shall be to bring said

offenders to a speedy trial ; and said constable shall

be entitled to one-half of the fine or forfeiture, as in

the case of other informers.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That any person thinking

himself aggrieved by the judgment of any justice of
the peace, in any trial for the violation of this act,

may appeal to the Circuit Court for said county;

provided, he shall give notice of such appeal within

Aggrieved

five days of the rendition of such judgment; and

shall, within ten days after the rendition of said

judgment, deliver to the said justice an appeal bond,

executed to the State of Maryland, in the penalty of

fifty dollars, conditioned for the successful prosecu-

tion of said appeal.

Prosecutions

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That all prosecutions

under this act shall be docketed in the name of the

State of Maryland as plaintiff.

SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That this act shall take

In force.

effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 11th, 1874.