Chap. 345.—An ACT to Amend the Sixth and Ninth Sections of Chap-
ter 204 of the Acts of 1866-7, Relative to Arrest, Commitment and Bail.

Approved March 25, 1872.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That the sixth and
ninth sections of ‘chapter two hundred and four of the acts of
assembly, eighteen hundred and sixty-six and eighteen hundred
and sixty-seven be amended and re-enacted so as to read as
follows:

§ 6. A justice before whom a person is charged with an
offence not punishable with death or confinement in the peni-
tentiary, or of which, if it be so punishable, only a light sus-
picion -of guilt falls on him, may, pending the examination
before him, or upon committing such person for trial, admit
him to bail. If the offence be so punishable, and there is good
cause to believe such person guilty, he shall not be let to bail
by a justice; nor shall any person in jail, under an order of
commitment, be admitted to bail by a justice in a less sum than
was required by such order; but a courtin which any person is
held and to be tried for a criminal offence, or any judge of a
circuit, county or corporation court, may admit such person to
bail before conviction.

§ 9. A justice may adjourn an examination or trial pending
before him, not exceeding ten days at one time, without the
consent of the accused, and to any place in the county or cor-
poration.” In such case, if the accused be charged with an
offence punishable with death or confinement in the penitentiary,
unless it be a case in which only a light suspicion of guilt
exists, he shall be committed to jail; otherwise he may be
recognized for his appearance at the time appointed for such
further examination or trial, or for want of bail be committed
to jail.

2. This act shall be in force from its passage.