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LAWS OF MARYLAND.
cases whereof they may have jurisdiction, and may pronounce
judgment and sentence therein, in the same manner and to the
same extent as the Circuit Courts for said counties could, in
such cases, if said cases were tried before said Circuit Courts
without the investigation of a jury; provided, however, that
if any person when brought before any such 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 which was
committed at its then session, if it be then in session, or at
the next session, if it be not then in session, and to return said
commitment or recognizance, with the name and residence of
the witnesses for the prosecution endorsed thereon, forthwith
to the clerk of 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 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 an ap-
peal; 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 appeal, enter into recognizance, with security
to be approved by the justice of the peace; in every such case
the appeal shall be taken, prayed within ten days after judg-
ment entered.
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