1058 ARTICLE 4.

P. L. L. (1888), Art. 4, sec. 181.

330. The Criminal Court of Baltimore shall have jurisdiction in all
cases of felony, and other crimes, offenses and misdemeanors within the
City of Baltimore.

1864, ch. 50. P. L. L. (1888), Art. 4, sec. 182.

331. Any person convicted in the Criminal Court of Baltimore of lar-
ceny committed in Baltimore City to an amount under five dollars, may in
the discretion of the judge of the said court, be sentenced to hard labor in
the jail of Baltimore City for not less than six months nor more than two
years, instead of the penitentiary.

P. L. L. (1860), Art. 4, sec. 177. P. L. L. (1888), Art. 4, sec. 183.

332. All commitments and recognizances for all felonies, crimes, of-
fenses and misdemeanors committed within said city, shall be returned
from time to time by any Justice of the Peace taking the same before said
court, and shall be lodged with the clerk of said court on the day next pre-
ceding the day appointed for holding the said court.

Commitments. As to defective commitments, see in re Flanigan, Daily Record,
December 19, 1904, and in re Livingstone, Daily Record, December 30, 1889: also,
Cornish v. Warden City Jail, Daily Record, December 20, 1892. As to commitments
generally, see Adams v. Supt. Maryland House of Refuge, Daily Record, December
3, 1903.

P. L. L. (1860). Art. 4, sec. 184. P. L. L. (1888), Art 4, sec. 189.

333. It shall be the duty of the Sheriff to make return of each capias
upon presentment or indictment from said court within five days after the
same is delivered to him by the clerk; and if said capias is returned non
est, the clerk shall, in the discretion of the State's Attorney of Baltimore
City, order said capias to be re-issued, and the same capias shall again be
delivered to the Sheriff; and the date of the first return thereof shall be
endorsed thereon; and the second return shall be made within the time
above specified; and in case the said capias is returned the second time
non est., the same shall be again so endorsed and delivered to the Sheriff.

P. L. L. (1860), Art. 4. sec. 185. P. L. L. (1888), Art. 4, sec. 190.

334. The clerk of said court and the Sheriff of said city shall be allowed
only the fees for the issue of one capias, or for the service of one capias in
each term, however often the same may be issued or returned.

1929. ch. 492.

334A. The annual salary of the Chief Clerk of the Criminal Court of
Baltimore City shall be Three Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($3,500).

P. L. L. (1860), Art. 4, sec. 186. P. L. L. (1888), Art. 4, sec. 191.

335. All subpoenas for witnesses from said court shall be returned by
the Sheriff within six days after the same are issued by the clerk, or within
six days after the day of the renewal of such subpoenas, unless the same are
ordered to be returned immediately, in which case they shall be so returned,
if practicable.