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704 JUSTICE OF THE PEACE. [ART. 52
ARTICLE LII
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
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Criminal Jurisdiction.
12. Jurisdiction of justices over minor
offences; process; sentence; ac-
cused to be informed of right to
jury trial ; appeal to- court ; re-
cognizance; commission to jail
upon default of; duty of sheriff.
14A. Summons or notice to accused;
amendment thereof; jurisdiction.
14B. Warrant of arrest not interfered
with and supersedes summons.
Process and Practice.
33. Representative character, incor-
poration and signature taken as
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admitted unless denied, etc;
how denial may be made; con-
tinuance of case.
Judgments.
37. Judgments by confession; how en-
tered by magistrates.
Attachments.
45. Summons to defendant; notice re-
quired to be set up; affidavit to,
and copy of, claim and attach-
ment.
49A. How attachment may be dis-
solved.
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Civil Jurisdiction.
7.
The statement of the defendant that title to land is involved is not con-
clusive, but such fact must appear from the nature of the action itself.
This section referred to in construing section 8—see notes thereto. Whit-
tington v. Hall, 116 Md. 468.
8.
The statement of the defendant that title to land is involved is not con-
clusive, but such fact must appear from the nature of the action itself.
The sale of timber, whether cut or standing, is a sale of goods only.
Whittington v. Hall, 116 Md. 468.
Criminal Jurisdiction.
1904, art. 52, sec. 12. 1800. ch. 618. 1892, ch. 485. 1894, ch. 338. 1896, ch. 128,
sec. 11A. 1906, ch. 475. 1914, ch. 482.
12.* The several Justices of the Peace of the State of Maryland
(except in the City of Baltimore, and in Talbot, Harford, Mont-
gomery and Frederick Counties), are hereby invested with, and shall
have hereafter jurisdiction to hear, try and determine all cases involv-
ing the charge of any offense, crime or misdemeanor, not punishable
by confinement in the Penitentiary or involving a felonious intent,
which may be committed within their respective Counties; and shall
have jurisdiction to hear, try and determine all prosecutions or pro-
See article 4, sections 42 and 43, of the Md. Constitution.
*While in the act of 1914, chapter 4S2. this section is numbered "2," the title
and enacting clause show that it was intended to be numbered "12."
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