The Massachusetts Justice Author:Samuel Freeman Subtitle: Being a Collection of the Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Relative to the Power and Duty of Justices of the Peace : Alphabetically Arranged : to Which Are Added ... a Variety of Forms, Grounded on Said Laws ... : With an Appendix, Containing Extracts From Sundry Laws of the United States : to All Which Is Added an Index Gen... more »eral Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1810 Original Publisher: Thomas and Andrews Subjects: Justices of the peace Forms (Law) Law / General Law / Civil Procedure Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: If ie appear to the Juttice that the evidence is not fufficient to COnvi-t him, he will acquit and difcharge him. If, on the bther h. md, it appear that he be guilty, the Jultice will fentence him ac- co ilingly. If he (hould appeal from the fentence, he inuft enter into a recognizance to profecute his appeal according to law ; or, if not appealing he (hould rcfufe to comply with the fentence, the Jultice will commit him. See the articles COMPLAINT WARRANT. SENTENCE MITTIMUS. Note. -- The procefs aeainft a perfon who may have committed an ff nee above the jurifdkHon of a Juftice may be commenced in the fame way ; but in fuch cafes the Juitice, inftead of trying the (fuppofed) offender, will bind him by recognizance, with fure- ties as the law tfiretts, to appear and anfwer the fame at the next Court of General St-ffions of the Peace, or Supreme Judicial Court next to be holden in the county where the offence is faid to be committed, as the cafe may require, provided the offence be bailable by law ; if it be not bailable, the offender is to be committed, and held to anfwer the fame at the Supreme Judicial Court. The commencement of a civil proc...« less