Chapter 360. To amend section four of an Act entitled “An Act to define the jurisdiction of the police court of the District of Columbia.” March 2, 1897. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Police court D
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CHAP. 360.— An Act To amend section four of an Act entitled “An Act to define the jurisdiction of the police court of the District of Columbia.” March 2, 1897. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Police court D. C.Vol. 26. p. 849.R. S. D. C., sec. 1049, p. 122. That section four of the Act entitled “An Act to define the jurisdiction of the police court of the District of Columbia,” approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, be, and the same hereby is, so amended as to read as follows:
" “Sec. 4. That in all cases tried before said court the judgment ofJudgments final.Exceptions. the court shall be final, except as hereinafter provided. If, upon the trial of any such cause, an exception be taken by or on behalf of the608FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Chs. 360, 361. 1897. United States, the District of Columbia, or any defendant to any ruling or instruction of the court upon matter of law the same shall be reduced to writing and stated in a bill of exceptions, with so much of the evidence as may be material to the question or questions raised, which said bill of exceptions shall be settled and signed by the judge within such time as may be prescribed by rules and regulations which shall be made by the court of appeals of the District of Columbia for the transaction of business to be brought before it under this Act, and for the time and method of the entry of appeals, and for giving notice of writs of error thereto from the police court of the District of Columbia; and if, upon presentation to any justice of the court of appeals of the District of Columbia of a verified petition setting forth the matter or matters so excepted to, such justice shall be of opinion that the Writs of error to court of appeals.same ought to be reviewed, he may allow a writ of error in the cause, which shall issue out of the said court of appeals, addressed to the judge of the police court, who shall forthwith send up the information filed in the cause and a transcript of the record therein, certified under the seal of said court, to said court of appeals for review and such action as the law may require, which record shall be filed in said court of appeals within such time as may be prescribed by the court of Notice.appeals, as hereinbefore provided.
Any party desiring the benefit of the provisions of this section shall give notice in open court of his or its intention to apply for a writ of error upon such exceptions, and there *Proviso*.Recognizances.upon proceedings therein shall be stayed for ten days: *Provided*, That the defendant shall then and there enter into recognizance with sufficient surety, to be approved by the judge of the police court, conditioned that in the event of a denial of his application for a writ of error he will, within five days next after the expiration of said ten days, appear in said police court and abide by and perform its judgment, and that in the event of the granting of such writ of error he will appear in said court of appeals of the District of Columbia and prosecute the writ of error and abide by and perform its judgment in the premises.
Execution of sentence if bond not entered.Upon failure of any defendant to enter into the recognizance provided for in this section the sentence of the police court shall stand and be executed pending proceedings upon his application for a writ of error and until the final disposition thereof by the said court of appeals.” " Approved, March 2, 1897.