Marvin Mandel, Governor                         595

§ 341. Stealing goods worth less than $100.00.

(b) Prosecutions for violation of section.—All prosecutions for vio-
lations of the provisions of this section [may be either upon present-
ment and indictment] shall be brought in any court [having] of
[criminal] competent jurisdiction in this State [, or by trial before
any justice of the peace in and for the county where the offense
occurs, and jurisdiction original and concurrent with the said courts
having criminal jurisdiction is hereby given to the said justices of
the peace, and they shall have power to issue all processes and do all
acts which may be necessary for the exercise of said jurisdiction; and
may try and determine all such cases and may pronounce judgment
and impose sentence therein to the same extent as the aforesaid courts
having criminal jurisdiction could do in such cases, if such cases
were tried before such court without a jury; provided, however, that if
any person when brought before any such justice having jurisdiction
of the case, shall, before the trial for the alleged offense pray a jury
trial, or if the State's attorney for the county where the offense
occurs shall, before the trial for the alleged offense, pray a jury trial
on behalf of the State, it shall be the duty of such justice to commit
such alleged offender for trial, or to hold him to bail to appear for
trial in the court having criminal jurisdiction in the case, at its then
or next session, and to transmit said commitment or recognizance,
with the names and residences of the witnesses for the prosecution
endorsed thereon, forthwith to the clerk of such court; and the jus-
tice of the peace, before whom the accused is brought for trial, shall
inform him seasonably of his right to demand a trial by jury].

§ 342. Breaking into building with intent to steal.

If any person shall break into any shop, storehouse, tobacco house,
warehouse, or other building, although the same be not contiguous to
or used with any mansion house with intent to steal any money,
goods or chattels under the value of one hundred dollars, or if any
person shall break into any shop, storehouse, tobacco house, ware-
house, or other building, although the same be not contiguous to or
used with any mansion house, and steals from thence any money,
goods or chattels under the value of five dollars, he, his aiders, abettors
and counsellors shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be
tried before [the circuit court of the county wherein the offense may
have been committed or the Criminal Court of Baltimore City, if the
offense be committed in the City of Baltimore] any court of competent
jurisdiction, and being thereof convicted, shall restore the goods and
chattels so stolen, or pay the full value thereof to the owner thereof,
and be further sentenced to the penitentiary or house of correction, or
to the jail of the county in which the offense may have been com-
mitted, or of the City of Baltimore, if the offense be committed in said
city, in the discretion of the [circuit] court [of the county or the
Criminal Court of Baltimore City, wherever the offense may have
been committed,] for not more than eighteen months.

§ 355D. Same—Arrest.

If any person or the president, secretary, treasurer, or other of-
ficer of any corporation mentioned in § 355A of this subtitle, or his
duly authorized agent who has personal knowledge of the facts, makes
oath in writing before any [justice of the peace or police judge, or
other magistrate] court of competent jurisdiction, that the party