ART. 4.] COURTS. 351

P G. L., (1860,) art. 29, sec. 61

195. The judge of said court shall hold a court every Saturday
during the year, on which day no petit jury shall be in attend-
ance, unless such jury has been empaneled, and the case before it
is not concluded.

Ibid. sec. 64.

196. In all cases of misdemeanor which may be prosecuted in
said court at the instance of any person, if the party so prose-
cuted shall be acquitted, all the legal costs and expenses attend-
ing the prosecution shall be paid by the person at whose instance
such prosecution was commenced, unless the court shall certify
that there was probable cause for the prosecution.

Ibid. sec. 65.

197. The same process may be issued for the recovery of the
costs and expenses of such prosecution against the person who
may become liable therefor under the last preceding section, as

could be issued against the party prosecuted, if he had been

convicted.

1886, ch. 46.

198. The mayor and city council shall not be liable in any
criminal cases tried in the criminal court of Baltimore for the

appearance fees allowed by law to the attorney of the traverser.

P. O. L , (1860), art 29, sec. 66.

199. Whenever the grand jury shall find any presentment
against any person for misdemeanor they shall endorse on the
presentment the name of the person at whose instance such pre-
sentment is made, who shall be deemed and taken to be the per-
son at whose instance such prosecution was commenced.

Ibid. sec. 67.

200. If any security in any recognizance shall request to de-
liver up the principal, said court, or the judge thereof in the
recess, may accept such surrender, and may require and take other
recognizance, or commit the principal to jail until he gives such
security as the law requires.