Chap. 81.—An ACT to amend the Code of Virginia’ by adding thereto a new
section to be numbered section 1988-a, which new section relates to re-

movals to court in misdemeanor cases triable by a justice of the peace.
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Approved March 1, 1926.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the
Code of Virginia be amended by adding thereto a new section to be
numbered section forty-nine hundred and eighty-eight-a, which new
section is hereby enacted to read as follows: :

Section 4988-a. Removal to court in misdemeanor cases.—In
every misdemeanor case cognizable by a justice of the peace, in which
the punishment is, or may be, by confinement in jail for more than
three months, the justice shall, at any time before trial, upon the
application of the defendant and upon his filing a written statement
under oath that he is not guilty of the offense charged in the warrant
or any offense for which he might be thereunder convicted, remove
the warrant and all papers thereof, to the circuit court of the county,
or the corporation court of the city, as the case may be. When such
application is granted, the accused shall, unless let to bail, be com-
mitted to jail by the justice until the next term of such court. There-
after the proceedings shall be the same as on appeals from justices
in misdemeanor cases. But none of the provisions hereof shall apply
to counties having trial justices nor cities having police justices, trial
justices or municipal judges for the.trial of criminal cases.