2480                                            LAWS OF MARYLAND                                     Ch. 849

thief or pickpocket since his last conviction or acquittal,
and it shall be necessary to charge in the indictment only
that the person is a common thief or common pickpocket, and
any evidence, either of facts or reputation, proving that
such person is habitually and by practice a thief or
pickpocket, shall be sufficient for his conviction if
satisfactorily establishing the fact to the court or jury by
whom he is tried, and there shall be no discretion in any
police officer or commissioner of the District Court to
discharge or release any person who is by such proof before
them or knowledge on their part shown to be a thief or
pickpocket as aforesaid, but such person shall be bailed or
committed according to law or rule of court for trial; and
no conviction or charge of or for being a common thief or
pickpocket shall prevent any such person from being tried
and convicted for any particular [act of larceny] THEFT he
may have committed.

594B.

(d)    A police officer may arrest a person without a
warrant if he has probable cause to believe:

(1)    That an offense listed in subsection (e) of
this section has been committed, and

(2)    That the person has committed such offense,
and

(3)    That unless the person is immediately
arrested,

(i) He may not be apprehended, or

(ii) He may cause injury to the person or
damage to the property of one or more other persons, or

(iii) He may tamper with, dispose of, or
destroy evidence.

(e)    The offenses referred to in subsection (d) of
this section are:

(1) Those offenses specified in the following
sections of Article 27, as they may be amended from time to
time:

(i) Section 8 (relating to burning
barracks, cribs, hay, corn, lumber, etc.; railway cars,
watercraft, vehicles, etc.);

(ii) Section 11 (relating to setting fire
while perpetrating crime);

(iii) Section 36 (relating to carrying or
wearing weapon);

(iv) Section 111 (relating to destroying,