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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

in all misdemeanors not punishable by confinement in the
penitentiary, which may be committed within their jurisdic-
tion, and shall have jurisdiction in all prosecutions or proceed-
ings for the recovery of any penalty for doing or omitting to
do any act the doing of which, or the omission to do which,
is made punishable under the laws of this State, within their
said jurisdiction, by any pecuniary fine or penalty, or by
imprisonment in jail or in the Maryland House of Correction ;
all of which acts or omissions are hereby declared to be crimi-
nal offenses; and the said justices shall have power to issue
all process and to do all acts which may be necessary to the
exercise of their said jurisdiction; and may try and determine
all cases whereof they may have jurisdiction; and may pro-
nonnce judgment and sentence therein, in the same manner
and to the same extent, as the circuit court for said county
could in such cases, if such cases were tried before them,
without the intervention 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 the action of
the Grrand Jury of the Circuit Court for Harford county, and
to return said commitment or recognizance, with the names
and the residences 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 if on waiver of jury trial
before the justice, and trial before him, either party shall feel
aggrieved, there shall be right of appeal to the Circuit Court
for Harford county; in case the judgment of the justice of
the peace is against the accused, and he shall appeal, he shall
enter into recognizance with the penalty to be fixed and the
security to be approved by the justice of the peace, and in
every such case the appeal shall be taken within ten (10) days
after judgment entered.

Presentment
by grand
Jury.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That in all cases provided by
the Acts of Assembly for punishment upon conviction before
justices of the peace, for offenses committed in Harford
county, the said offenders may be presented by the Grand Jury
of the Circuit Court for said county, instead of before a
justice of the peace, and in all cases of criminal offenses in
which justices of the peace of Harford county may by law