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and do all acts which may be necessary for the exercise of said jurisdic-
tion; and may try and determine all such cases and may pronounce judg-
ment and impose sentence therein to the same extent as the aforesaid courts
having criminal jurisdiction could do in such cases, if such cases were
tried before such court without a jury; provided, however, that if any
person when brought before any such justice having jurisdiction of the

case, shall, before the trial for the alleged offense, pray a jury trial,

of if the State's Attorney for the county where the offense occurs shall,
before the trial of such alleged offense, pray a jury trial on behalf 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 court having

criminal jurisdiction in the case, at its then or next session, and to
transmit said commitment or recognizance, with the names and residences

of the witnesses for the prosecution endorsed thereon, forthwith to the
Clerk of such Court; and the justice of the peace, before whom the
accused, is brought for trial, shall inform him seasonably of his right to

demand a trial by jury.

Provided further that jurisdiction to try and determine all cases under
this Act, occurring within the City of Baltimore, shall remain in the
Criminal Court of Baltimore City exclusively.

Provided further that nothing in these sections shall be construed to

change, enlarge or diminish the jurisdiction of Justices of the Peace in

any of the Counties of the State who are herein specifically vested with
authority to hear, try and determine cases under Section 319 of this
Article, but that only such Justices are vested with authority herein as
would have jurisdiction and authority to hear, try and determine cases
of violation of the law before the passage of this Act.

1933 (Special Sess. ), ch. 78, sec. 319A.

319A. If any person shall break into any shop, store-house, tobacco
house or warehouse, although the same be not contiguous to or used with
any mansion house, with intent to steal any money, goods or chattels
under the value of twenty-five dollars, or if any person shall break into
any shop, store-house, tobacco house or warehouse, although the same be
not contiguous to or used with any mansion house, and steals from thence
any money, goods or chattels under the value of one dollar, shall be deemed

guilty o£ a misdemeanor and shall be tried before the Circuit Court of
the County wherein the offense may have been committed or the Criminal
Court of Baltimore City, if the offense be committed in the City of Balti-
more, and being thereof convicted, shall restore the goods and chattels
so stolen, or pay the full value thereof to the owner thereof, and be fur-
ther sentenced to the Penitentiary or House of Correction, or to the Jail

of the County in which the offense may have been committed, or the City

of Baltimore, if the offense be committed in said City, in the discretion of
the Circuit Court of the County or of the Criminal Court of Baltimore
City, wherever the offense may have been committed, for not more than
eighteen months.