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ART. 20.] LIQUOR AND INTOXICATING DRINKS. 1807
1870, ch. 414.
148. The sheriff, his deputies or any constable of the county,
shall serve any process directed to him under the preceding sec-
tion, and shall arrest any person who may be found violating the
provisions of section 144, and shall seize all liquors he shall find
kept in violation of the provisions thereof, and shall bring the
parties offending before some justice of the peace of said district,
who shall fine the party if convicted as hereinbefore directed, and
the liquor seized shall be destroyed.
Ibid.
149. If any officer shall refuse or neglect to perform the
duties required in the preceding section, he shall be adjudged to
have violated the provisions of section 144, and shall be subject
to the penalties imposed for such violation.
Ibid.
150. Any person may appeal from the judgment of the justice
of the peace imposing any fine or imprisonment under section
146 to the circuit court for the county then next ensuing, unless
there shall not be ten days intervening between the rendition of
the judgment and the sitting of the said court, in which case the
appeal shall stand for trial at the succeeding session of the court;
provided, the party appealing shall enter into good and sufficient
recognizance before the justice to prosecute his appeal with effect.
Ibid.
151. Any person arrested under section 144, who shall make
oath that he believes that a fair and impartial trial cannot be had
before any justice of the peace of the Tangier district, may have,
his case removed to a justice of Dame's Quarter district.
Ibid.
152. Any person who shall violate the provisions of section
144 shall be liable to indictment in the circuit court for Somerset,
county, or may be tried before a justice of the peace, but no
person shall be twice prosecuted for the same offence.
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