348 CITY OF BALTIMORE. [ART. 4.

CRIMINAL COURT OF BALTIMORE.
P L. L., (1860,) art. 4, sec. 175.

179. The criminal court of Baltimore shall hold three regular
sessions yearly, to commence on the second Monday of January,
second Monday of May, and second Monday of September; and
such sessions shall continue until all the business before it shall
be finished.

Ibid. sec. 176.

180. At special sessions of said court, all cases may be tried
and disposed of as at the regular terms thereof.

P. Q L., (1860,) art 39, sec. 59.

181. The criminal court of Baltimore shall have jurisdiction
in all cases of felony, and other crimes, offences and misde-
meanors within the city of Baltimore.

1864, ch. 50.

182. Any person convicted in the criminal court of Balti-
more, of larceny committed in Baltimore city to an amount
under five dollars, may, in the discretion of the judge of the said
court, be sentenced to hard labor in the jail of Baltimore city for
not less than six months nor more than two years, instead of the
penitentiary.

P. G. L., (1860,) art. 29, sec. 68. P. L L., (1860,) art 4, sec. 177.

183. All commitments and recognizances' for all felonies,
crimes, offences and misdemeanors committed within said city,
shall be returned from time to time by any justice of the peace
taking the same before said court, and shall be lodged with the
clerk of said court on the day next preceding the day appointed
for holding the said court.

P. L. L, (1860,) art. 4, sec. 179.

184. The justices of the peace for Baltimore city, whenever
they shall commit any person for want of bail, for trial, on
charge of assault and battery, for keeping a disorderly house, or
for violation of the public general laws relating to licenses, and
for any other small offences for which no greater punishment