756 ARTICLE 56.
named therein before said Justice of the Peace, Police Justice, or if in
Baltimore City before the Justice of the Peace of the Traffic Court, and the
person so arrested shall signify his willingness to appear before the
Justice of the Peace, Police Justice, or Justice of the Peace of the
Traffic Court if in Baltimore City, named in said summons on the day
named therein, by endorsing his name and address on said summons, and
failing so to appear, the said Justice of the Peace, Police Justice, or
Justice of the Peace of the Traffic Court, as the case may be, before whom
said summons is made returnable, shall forthwith issue to the Sheriff of
the county or City of Baltimore, as the case may be, where the person
so summoned resides, a warrant for the arrest of said person, which war-
rant shall be executed in due course by the Sheriff to whom directed
and the person so arrested shall be delivered by the said Sheriff on the
day named therein for the return of the writ to the Justice of the Peace,
Police Justice or Justice of the Peace of the Traffic Court issuing said
warrant. All costs and expenses incurred by the Sheriff in the execution
of said warrant shall be assessed against and collected from the person so
arrested by the Justice of the Peace, Police Justice or Justice of the Peace
of the Traffic Court to whom said writ is returnable, and by him remitted
to the Sheriff who shall have executed said warrant. But no person shall
have the right to demand and receive a summons as hereinbefore provided
in the following cases:
(a) In case of arrest for violation of Section 197 of this Article.
(b) In case the operator of said automobile cannot identify himself to
the officer making the arrest as the owner or proper custodian of said
automobile, either by means of his operator's card or other satisfactory
identification to said officer.
(c) In any case where there is an accident resulting in personal in-
juries, which in the judgment of the officer making the arrest requires
immediate detention of the operator of said automobile.
In all complaints of the violation of any of the provisions of this sub-
title, except as provided in Section 206 hereof, the Justice of the Peace,
committing Magistrate or Police Justice before whom the alleged offender
is taken as aforesaid, shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine such
complaint and impose the fine or sentence herein provided, but any
person so convicted of any offense under this sub-title shall have the right
to appeal from the judgment of such Justice of the Peace, committing
Magistrate or Police Justice to the Criminal Court of Baltimore if con-
victed in Baltimore City, or court of criminal jurisdiction of any county
in which he may be so convicted, and such court on such appeal shall hear
the case de novo; provided, however, that within ten days from the date
of judgment, a written order of appeal signed by the convicted person, or
his attorney, be filed with the Justice of the Peace, committing Magis-
trate or Police Justice, by whom the judgment or sentence has been im-
posed. Upon appeal being prayed as aforesaid, it shall be the duty of
the Magistrate to endorse upon the papers "appeal prayed, " and transmit
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