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TRIAL before JUSTICES.
A Person charged with Larcency [& Qu - whether of y any other crimes] Where the Punishment
is Imprisonment for no greater Term than the greatest interval between two Assizes to
have the option of being tried by two Justices
Qu? as to the choice of the Justices . — Suppose The Justice committing to be
one who is therefore of the Prosecutor's choice , & a Justice appointed by him , to be another with liberty for the accused
to Challenge once or Qu , twice
According to this plan , persons guilty of crime for which the Punishment Imprisonment for is no
longer than as above , should not be liable to the Processions
This is a provision particularly requisite as in appendage concomitant to that for putting
those to labor in the first instance who being charged on Oath , cannot get
Bail.
The Trial to be recorded in the same manner mutatis mutandis as where in Court before a
Jury . By the filling up of the same Blank forms with these additional
circumstances exprest
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1st The appearance of the Prosecutor on the — - - day of — — —
His Oath — The name of the Prisoner or his refusal to declare it.
2. The Prisoner's request to be tried instanter by the Justice coram quem & one
of his appointment
3dy The appointment of another by the Justice coram quem — the Prisoner's
assent — or his challenge and the consequent appointment of another.
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