184 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 104

event that a majority of the voters vote "Against License" as
hereinbefore provided.

SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That all prosecutions for viola-
tions of this Act, which are hereby declared to be misdemean-
ors, may be either upon presentment and indictment or by
trial before a Justice of the Peace having criminal jurisdic-
tion, who shall have jurisdiction original and concurrent with
the Circuit Court for Washington County; and the said Jus-
tice of the Peace shall have the power to issue all. process and
do all acts which may be necessary to the exercise of his said
jurisdiction, and may try and determine all cases whereof he
may have jurisdiction and may pronounce judgment and sen-
tence therein in the same manner and to the same extent as
the Circuit Court for Washington County could do in such
cases if such cases were tried before said Court without the
intervention of a jury; provided, however, that if any person
when brought before any Justice of the Peace having juris-
diction 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 trial of such alleged offense pray a jury trial on the
part of the State, it shall be the duty of such Justice to com-
mit such alleged offender for trial or to hold him to bail to
appear for trial in the Circuit Court for Washington County
if it be in session, or at its next subsequent session, and to re-
turn said commitment or recognizance, with the names and
addresses of the witnesses for the prosecution endorsed there-
on, forthwith to the Clerk of said Court; and the Justice be-
fore whom such case is brought shall in every such case in-
form the person charged of his right to pray a jury trial.

SEC. 9. And be it enacted, That in all prosecutions under
this Act, by indictment or otherwise, it shall not be necessary
to state the kind of liquor sold, nor to describe the place where
sold, nor to show the knowledge of the principal to convict for
the acts of an agent or servant, nor to state the name of any
person to whom liquor is sold, nor to set forth the facts that a
majority of the legal voters of Washington County voting upon
said proposition voted "Against license; " but it shall be suffi-
cient to state in that regard that the act took place in Wash-
ington County. The issuance of an internal revenue special
tax stamp or receipt by the United States Internal Revenue
Collector to any person as a wholesale or retail dealer in liquors
or in malt liquors at any place within the limits of Wash-
ington County after May 1, 1917, shall be prima facie evi-