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if such cases were tried before them without the intervention of a jury;
provided, however, that if any person, when brought before any such jus-
tice having jurisdiction of the case, shall, before trial for the alleged
offence, pray a jury trial, or if the State's attorney for said county shall,
before the trial of such alleged offence, pray a jury trial on the part of the
State, it shall be the duty of any such justice to commit such alleged
offender for trial in the circuit court for the county in which the offence
was committed at its then session, if it be then in session, or at its next
session, if it be not then in session, and to return said commitment or rec-
ognizance, with the names and residences of the witnesses for the prose-
cution endorsed thereon, forthwith to the clerk of the said court; and the
justice before whom the case is tried shall inform the person charged, of
his right to a jury trial.
P. L. L., 1888, Art. 20, sec. 136. 1884, ch. 510.
218. Constables in the said counties shall be entitled to the fees pre-
scribed by law for the particular services rendered by them under the pre-
ceding section; and the said justices shall be entitled to charge for their
respective services in said criminal cases the following fees: For issuing
each State writ, twenty-five cents; for sum mom'n g all the witnesses on
both sides in any case, fifty cents; for each trial, one dollar; for every
commitment, twenty-five cents; for every release, twenty-five cents; for
taking recognizances in each case reported to the circuit court, twenty-five
cents each; for each attachment for contempt, twenty-five cents.
P. L. L., 1888, Art. 20, sec. 137. 1884, ch. 510.
219. The aforesaid fees of said constables and justices for said counties
shall be taxed against and paid by the party against whom judgment shall
be rendered, unless he or she be discharged therefrom by due course of
law; if such party against whom judgment is rendered is unable to pay
the same, such fees shall be paid by the county wherein said judgment was
rendered; and all fines and penalties received by any justice under the
provisions of Section 218, shall be accounted for and wholly paid without
abatement or deduction therefrom by such justice, to the county commis-
sioners of the county wherein they are collected, for the use of said coun-
ty; and no part of any fine or penalty enforced or collected under said
section shall be paid to any informer.
LIQUOR AND INTOXICATING DRINKS.
P. L. L., 1888, Art. 20, sec. 138. 1878, ch. 45. 1880, chs. 138 and 139. 1882, chs. 306
and 345. 1890, ch. 257. 1896, ch. 415. 1898, oh. 240. 1902, ch. 80.
220. It shall not be lawful for any person or body corporate to sell or
attempt to sell, anywhere within the limits of Somerset county, intoxica-
ting, spirituous or fermented liquors except cider and home made wine on
the premises where manufactured in quantities not less than one gallon;
and it shall not be lawful for any person or body corporate to solicit or take
orders for such intoxicating liquors, at any time, under any pretence, in
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