CARROLL COUNTY. 1763
without the intervention of a jury; provided, however, that if any person,
when brought before any justice having jurisdiction of the case, shall,
before trial for the alleged offense pray a jury trial, or if the State's
Attorney for said county, shall, before trial of such alleged offense pray a
jury trial on the part of the State, it shall be the duty of such justice to
commit such alleged offender for trial, or to hold him to bail to appear for
trial in the Circuit Court of Carroll County, if it be in session, or at its
next session, if it be not in session, and to return such commitment or
recognizance with the names and residences of the witnesses for the prose-
cution endorsed thereon, forthwith to the clerk of the Circuit Court; and
the ]ustice before whom the case is brought shall, in every such case, in-
form the person charged of his right to a jury trial.
1914, ch. 492, sec. 22.
136. In all prosecutions under this Act, by indictment or otherwise,
it shall not be necessary to state the kind of liquor sold; nor to describe
the place where sold; nor to show the knowledge of the principal to con-
vict for the acts of an agent or servant; nor to state the name of any
person to whom liquor is sold; nor to set forth the facts showing that
the required number of legal voters petition for the submission to the
voters of said proposition, nor that the majority of legal voters voting
upon said proposition voted "For the proposition," but it shall be sufficient
to state in that regard that the act complained of took place in an Anti-
Saloon Territory.
The issuance of an internal revenue special tax stamp or receipt by the
United States to any person as a wholesale or retail dealer in liquors, or
in malt liquors at any place within territory which, at the time of the
issuance thereof, is Anti-Saloon Territory, shall be prima facie evidence
of the sale of intoxicating liquor by such person at such place, or at any
place of business of such person within such territory where such stamp
or receipt is posted, and at the time charged in any suit or prosecution
under this Act: Provided, that such time is within the life of such stamp
or receipt.
1914, ch. 492, sec. 23.
137. If any person makes a sworn complaint or affidavit before any
justice of the peace having criminal jurisdiction, or judges of the Circuit
Court of Carroll County (particularly describing the house or place to be
searched and the things to be searched for) that he has reason to believe,
and does believe, that intoxicating liquor is sold or kept for the purpose
of being sold in violation of the provisions of this Act, such justice of the
peace or judge shall issue his warrant, directed to any officer whom the
complainant may designate having power to serve criminal process, com-
manding him to search the premises described and designated in such com-
plaint and warrant, and the appurtenances thereof, and if any such shall
there be found, to take into his possession and safely keep all intoxicating
liquor and the vessels in which it is contained if the same shall be found
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