600                               Laws of Maryland                      [Ch. 181

wood, metal or stone, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and
upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars
before any [justice of the peace of any] court of competent juris-
diction, nor more than one hundred dollars for each such offense, or be
subject to imprisonment for not more than six months in the city or
county jail or the house of correction, in the discretion of such [jus-
tice of the peace or] court.

§ 467. Receiving stolen goods, etc., under the value of $100.

(b) Jurisdiction, procedure, bail.—All prosecutions for violation of
the provisions of this section may be [either upon presentment and
indictment in any court having criminal jurisdiction in this State, or
by trial before any justice of the peace duly assigned to hear and
determine criminal matters 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 as aforesaid and they shall have power to issue all processes and
do all acts which may be necessary for the exercise of said jurisdic-
tion; and may try and determine all such cases and may pronounce
judgment and impose sentence therein to the same extent as the afore-
said 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 juris-
diction 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 of such 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 en-
dorsed thereon, forthwith to the clerk of said court; and the justice
of the peace, before whom the accused is brought for trial, shall in-
form him seasonably of his right to demand a trial by jury.] brought
in any court of competent jurisdiction.

§ 470. Interrupting or disturbing.

Whosoever shall wilfully interrupt or disturb any religious congre-
gation, society or meeting, by blowing horns, exploding firearms, horse
racing, noisy, riotous or disorderly conduct or conversation shall, on
conviction [before a justice of the peace in the county wherein such
offense shall be committed], be fined not less than one dollar nor
more than twenty dollars, and may be committed to jail [until the fine
and costs are paid] pursuant to the provisions of Article 38,, § 4.

§ 474. Unlawful use of registered containers or articles; defacing,
etc., of identification; breaking, injuring, etc., containers
or articles; penalties; possession as evidence of violation.

After a description of such returnable containers, or such clean ar-
ticles, shall have been registered, as in § 473 of this article provided,
it is hereby declared to be unlawful for any or all other persons, part-
nerships or bodies corporate to use or fill any such registered return-
able containers (whether actually in existence at the time of such
registration or not) with any contents of a nature different from that