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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

cases, if such cases were tried before said circuit courts without

the intervention of a jury; provided, however, that if any person

when brought before any snch justice having jurisdiction of the

case, shall before trial for the alleged offense pray a jury trial, or

if the State's attorney for; said county shall, before the trial of

such alleged offense pray a jury trial On the part of the State, it

shall be the duty of any such justice to commit such alleged

offender for trial in the circuit court for the county in which the

offense was committed at its then session, if it be then in session,

or at its next session, if it be not then in session, and to return said

commitment or recognizance with the names and residences of the

witnesses for the prosecution endorsed thereon, forthwith to the

clerk of the said court; and the justice before whom .the case is

tried shall inform the person charged of his right to a jury trial,

and on receiving the recognizance sent up by the justice, the

clerk shall place the same on the appeal docket and issue subpoena

for the witnesses named by the justice, and the case shall be tried

on the information or the warrant as if on appeal; and if on

waiver of jury trial before the justice, and trial before him, either

party shall feel aggrieved, there shall be a right of appeal to the

circuit court for the county in which the alleged offense is charged
to have been committed; in case the judgment of the justice of

the peace is against the accused he shall, on appeal, enter into

recognizance with security to be approved by the justice of the

peace, in every such case the appeal shall be taken or prayed

within ten days after judgment entered.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That all acts or parts of acts, incon-

Effective.

sistent with this act are hereby repealed, and that this act shall

take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 8, 1890.

CHAPTER 619.

AN ACT to add additional sections to article twenty-seven, of the

Code of Public General Laws, title "Crimes and punishments,"

sub-title "Fraud, conversion by factors of consigned goods,"

to come in after section ninety-two, of said article, and to be

designated as "Sections ninety-two A, ninety-two B, and ninety-

two C."

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,

To add.

That the following sections be and the same are hereby added to

article twenty-seven, of the Code of Public General Laws, title

"Crimes and punishments," sub-title "Fraud conversion by factors

of consigned goods," to come in after section ninety-two, and to