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248 ORDINANCE No. 5 OF 1850 .


Justices of the Peace.


of such witness shall be receivable without an oath in the same manner,

and he shall be liable to the same penalties for perjury or otherwise as if
his evidence were given upon oath and if on the investigation of any

case it shall manifestly appear that the charge or complaint was maliciously
preferred on insufficient grounds, or that any witness has given wilfully
false testimony, it shall be lawful for the sitting Justice to award
Penalty for compensation not exceeding ten pounds to be paid by such prosecutor or
false
testimony. witness to the person aggrieved, or in his discretion to impose on the said
prosecutor or witness a fine not exceeding ten pounds , or to award
compensation and fine not exceeding together the amount of ten pounds.
Provision for 10. Be it further enacted and ordained , that if a defendant under
the apprehen
sion of examination for a criminal offence charge any other person with being a
accomplices.
principal in or an accessory to such offence, the sitting Justice may cause
such person to be summoned or brought before him, and if it appear that

is really
such person is really a principal or an accessory, the said Justice may
detain such person for further investigation and commit such person for
trial, though no other evidence be adduced than that of the said defendant :
provided that nothing herein contained shall attach otherwise greater
weight to the testimony of such defendant than it now by law possesses .
Justice may
reverse or 11. Be it further enacted and ordained , that the adjudicating Justice
amend his may at any time reverse or amend his decision or appoint the case to be
decision.
re-heard by himself or another Justice , should it appear that such decision
was erroneous or unjust .
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