1042 DORCHESTER COUNTY. [ART. 10.

1883, ch. 296.

210. If such druggist or pharmacist shall permit any liquor,
obtained under a prescription, to be drunk anywhere on his
premises, except in case of sudden sickness, he shall be guilty of
a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be fined fifty
dollars and the costs of the prosecution, and shall stand committed
till fine and costs are paid.

Ibid.

211. Every druggist or pharmacist shall be liable for the acts
of his clerks, agents or assistants, with reference to the matters
and things embraced in the several sections of this sub-title of
this article.

Ibid.

212. The offence created by the five preceding sections may
be tried in the circuit court for said county upon presentment or
indictment found by the grand jury, or before any justice of the
peace of said county upon an ordinary information, on oath, by
any credible witness; when a case is to be tried before a justice,
he shall docket the same in the name of the State against the
party charged, and if the offence has not been sufficiently set
forth in the docket entries or in the writ, such defect may be cor-
rected at any time before the trial begins, by a statement endorsed
on or appended to the writ; the State's attorney may attend all
such trials, and an appeal to the circuit court from the decision of
the justice, may be taken by either party, the State's attorney to
pray the appeal on behalf of the State; and upon appeal, every
such case shall be tried de novo;. in all such cases, the justice
may require and take a bond to the State, conditioned for the
appearance of the defendant before him at the times and places
appointed for the trial, and until discharged in due course of
law; and upon appeal, he may require and take a bond from the
defendant, and an approved surety or sureties, conditioned for
the personal appearance of the defendant in the circuit court,
from time to time, until the appeal is decided and he is dis-
charged in due course of law; and if he fails to attend before the
justice, the latter may forfeit the bond and immediately enter a
judgment for the penalty thereof; and if he fails -to appear in
the circuit court, said court may forfeit the appeal bond, and at