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which said accused person is to be found, who shall cause the arrest of
the said accused person and deliver him into custody of an officer of the
county or City of Baltimore, as the case may be, from which the said-
warrant issued, to be taken before said justice of the peace.

See notes to this section (as it stood in 1911) in volume 1 of the Anno-
tated Code.

1912, ch. 163.

3. Upon the appearance of said accused person, the justice of the
peace shall pass an order requiring said accused person to give bond to
the State of Maryland in a penalty not exceeding $500, with good and
sufficient securities, conditioned that he will appear at the next term of
the Circuit Court of the county from which said warrant issued, or the
Criminal Court of the City of Baltimore, as the case may be, or to any
later term, of such Court, after the birth of said child, in default of such
security, said accused person shall be committed to the custody of the
sheriff until such bond is given or until final judgment is rendered by
said Court, in case the bond provided for by this section shall be for-,
feited, the Court may from time to time direct that the proceeds thereof
be applied for the maintenance and support of said bastard child.

See notes to this section (as it stood in 1911) in volume 1 of the Anno-
tated Code.

1912, ch. 163.

4. At the hearing before said justice of the peace, it shall be his duty
to take down and reduce to writing the testimony of the woman making
complaint, together with the cross-examination of said woman by the
accused, or his attorney, which testimony shall be signed and sworn to
by said woman, and he shall transmit the same with the original papers
in the case to the Circuit Court of the county or to the Criminal Court
of the City of Baltimore, as the case may be, and such testimony shall
be admitted in evidence at the trial of the accused person under section
5 of this article, if said accusing witness should die prior to the time of
such trial.

1912, ch. 163.

5. Immediately upon the passage of said order, said justice of the
peace shall transmit the original papers and a transcript of the proceed-
ings had before him to said Circuit Court or the Criminal Court of the
City of Baltimore, as the case may be, and thereupon, but not before
said woman shall have been delivered, the same proceedings shall be
had as in other criminal cases, and if the accused person shall be found
guilty by the verdict of a jury, or by the Court, if the case be tried
before the Court, the Court shall immediately order such person to give
bond to the State of Maryland in a penalty not exceeding $500, with
good and sufficient securities conditioned to pay for the maintenance and!
support of said child, to the mother, or to the person having said child!
in custody, or to the county or to the City of Baltimore, as the case may
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