(ii) in the province of QUEBEC, in any district wherein there is a judge of the sessions, such judge of sessions, and in any district wherein there is no judge of sessions but wherein there is a district magistrate, such district magistrate, and in any district wherein there is neither a judge of sessions nor a district magistrate, the sheriff of such district;

(iii.) in each of the provinces of NOVA SCOTIA, NEW BRUNSWICK and PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, any judge of a county court;

(iv.) in the province of MANITOBA the Chief Justice, or a puisne judge of the Court of Queen's Bench, or any judge of a county court;

(v.) in the province of BRITISH COLUMBIA the chief justice or a puisne judge of the Supreme Court, or any judge of a county court;

(b.) the expression "County Attorney " or " Clerk of the Peace" includes in the Provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island, any clerk of a county court, and in the Province of Manitoba, any Crown Attorney, the Prothonotary of the Court of Queen's Bench, and any Deputy Prothonotary thereof, any deputy Clerk of the Peace, and the deputy Clerk of the Crown and Pleas for any district in the said province. 52 V., c. 47, s. 2.

764. Judge to be a Court of Record.-The judge sitting on any trial under this part, for all the purposes thereof and proceedings connected therewith or relating thereto, shall be a Court of Record, and in every province of Canada, except the province of Quebec, such Court shall be called "The County Court Judge's Criminal Court" of the county or union of counties or judicial district in which the same is held.

2. The record in any such case shall be filed among the records of the Court over which the judge presides, and as part of such records. 52 V., c. 47, s. 4.

765. Offences triable under this part.-Every person committed to gaol for trial on a charge of being guilty of any of the offences which are mentioned in section five hundred and thirty-nine as being within the jurisdiction of the General or Quarter Sessions of the Peace, may, with his own consent (of which consent an entry shall then be made of record), and subject to the provisions herein, be tried in any province under the following provisions out of sessions and out of the regular term or sittings of the Court, whether the Court before which, but for such consent, the said person would be triable for the offence charged, or the Grand Jury thereof, is or is not then in session, and if such person is convicted, he may be sentenced by the judge. 52 V., c. 47, s. 5.

This Article applies to the speedy trial of persons actually committed for trial for any of the offences triable before a Court of General or Quarter Sessions. Article 785, post, contains provisions under which persons charged with offences, triable at Sessions may, not only after being committed for trial but when charged with any such offence before a police Magistrate, or before a Stipendiary Magistrate, in Ontario, elect to be tried before such Magistrate.

766. Duty of Sheriff after committal of accused. Every sheriff shall, within twenty-four hours after any prisoner charged as aforesaid is committed to gaol for trial, notify the judge in writing that such prisoner is so confined, stating his name and the nature of the charge preferred against him, whereupon, with as little delay as possible, such judge shall cause the prisoner to be brought before him. 52 V., c. 47, s. 6.

767. Arraignment of accused before Judge. The judge, upon having obtained the depositions on which the prisoner was so committed, shall state to him,

(a.) that he is charged with the offence, describing it;

(b.) that he has the option to be forthwith tried before such judge without the intervention of a Jury, or to remain in custody or under bail, as the Court decides, to be tried in the ordinary way by the Court having criminal jurisdiction.

2. If the prisoner demands a trial by Jury the judge shall remand him to gaol; but if he consents to be tried by the judge without a jury the county solicitor, clerk of the peace or other prosecuting officer shall prefer the charge against him for which he has been committed for trial, and if, upon being arraigned upon the charge, the prisoner pleads guilty, the prosecuting officer shall draw up a record as nearly as may be in one of the forms MM or NN in schedule one to this Act, (1) such plea shall be entered on the record, and the judge shall pass the sentence of the law on such prisoner, which shall have the same force and effect as if passed by any Court having jurisdiction to try the offence in the ordinary way. 52 V., c. 47, s. 7.

768. Persons jointly accused.-If one of two or more prisoners charged with the same offence demands a trial by Jury, and the other or others consent to be tried by the judge without a Jury, the judge, in his discretion, may remand all the said prisoners to gaol to await trial by a Jury. 52 V., c. 47, s. 8.

769. Election after refusal to be tried by Judge.—If under Part LV. (2) or Part LVI., (3) any person has been asked to elect whether he would be tried by the magistrate or justices of the peace, as the case may be, or before a Jury, and he has elected to be tried before a Jury, and if such election is stated in the warrant of committal for trial, the sheriff and judge shall not be required to take the proceedings directed by this part. 52 V., c. 47, s. 9.

2. But if such person, after his said election to be tried by a Jury, has been committed for trial he may, at any time before the regular term or sittings of the Court at which such trial by Jury would take

(1) For Forms MM and NN see p. 680, and 681, post.

(2) Part LV, (comprising Articles 782-808), relates to Summary Trial of Indictable Offences.

(3) Part LVI. (comprising Articles 809-831), relates to Trial of Juvenile offenders for Indictable Offences.

place, notify the sheriff that he desires to re-elect; whereupon it shall be the duty of the sheriff to proceed as directed by section seven hundred and sixty-six, and thereafter the person so committed shall be proceeded against as if his said election in the first instance had not been made. 53 V., c. 37, s. 30.

770. Continuance of proceedings before another judge.--Proceedings under this part commenced before any judge may, where such judge is for any reason unable to act, be continued before any other judge competent to try prisoners under this part in the same judicial district, and such last mentioned judge shall have the same powers with respect to such proceedings as if such proceedings had been commenced before him, and may cause such portion of the proceedings to be repeated before him as he shall deem necessary. 53 V., c. 37, s. 30.

771. Election after committal under part LV or LVI.—If, on the trial under Part LV. or Part LVI. of this Act of any person charged with any offence triable under the provisions of this part, the magis trate or justices of the peace decide not to try the same summarily, but commit such person for trial, such person may afterwards, with his own consent, be tried under the provisions of this part. 52 V., c. 47, s. 10.

772. Trial of accused. If the prisoner upon being so arraigned and consenting as aforesaid pleads not guilty the judge shall appoint an early day, or the same day, for his trial, and the county attorney or clerk of the peace shall subpoena the witnesses named in the depositions, or such of them and such other witnesses as he thinks requisite to prove the charge, to attend at the time appointed for such trial, and the judge may proceed to try such prisoner, and if he be found guilty sentence shall be passed as herein before mentioned; but if he be found not guilty the judge shall immediately discharge him from custody, so far as respects the charge in question. 52 V., c. 47, s. 11.

773. Trial of offences other than those for which accused is com. mitted. The county attorney or clerk of the peace or other prosecuting officer may, with the consent of the judge, prefer against the prisoner a charge or charges for any offence or offences for which he may be tried under the provisions of this part other than the charge or charges for which he has been committed to gaol for trial, although such charge or charges do not appear or are not mentioned, in the depositions upon which the prisoner was so committed. 52 V., c. 47, s. 12.

774. Powers of Judge. The judge shall, in any case tried before him, have the same power as to acquitting or convicting, or convicting of any other offence than that charged, as a Jury would have in case the prisoner were tried at a sitting of any Court mentioned in this part, and may render any verdict which may be rendered by a Jury upon a trial at a sitting of any such Court. 52 V., c. 47, s. 13.

775. Admission to Bail.-If a prisoner elects to be tried by the judge without the intervention of a Jury the judge may, in his discretion, admit him to bail to appear for his trial, and extend the bail, from time to time, in case the Court be adjourned or there is any other reason therefor; and such bail may be entered into and perfected before the clerk. 52 V., c. 47, s. 14.

776. Bail in case of election of trial by Jury.—If a prisoner elects to be tried by a Jury the judge may, instead of remanding him to gaol, admit him to bail, to appear for trial at such time and place and before such Court as is determined upon, and such bail may be entered into and perfected before the clerk. 52 V., c. 47, s. 15.

777. Adjournment.-The judge may adjourn any trial from time to time until finally terminated. 52 V, c. 47, s. 16.

778. Powers of amendment.—The judge shall have all powers of amendment which any Court mentioned in this part would have if the trial was before such Court. 52 V., c. 47, s. 17.

779. Recognizance to prosecute or give evidence.-Any recognizance taken under section five hundred and ninety-eight of this Act, for the purpose of binding a prosecutor or a witness, shall, if the person committed for trial elects to be tried under the provisions of this part, be obligatory on each of the persons bound thereby, as to all things therein mentioned with reference to the trial by the Judge under this part, as if such recognizance had been originally entered into for the doing of such things with reference to such trial: Provided, that at least forty-eight hours' notice in writing shall be given, either personally or by leaving the same at the place of residence of the persons bound by such recognizance as therein described, to appear before the Judge at the place where such trial is to be had. 53 V., c. 37, s. 29.

780. Witnesses to attend throughout trial.—Every witness, whether on behalf of the prisoner or against him, duly summoned or subpoenaed to attend and give evidence before such judge, sitting on any such trial, on the day appointed for the same, shall be bound to attend and remain in attendance throughout the trial; and if he fails so to attend he shall be held guilty of contempt of court, and may be proceeded against therefor accordingly. 52 V., c. 47, s. 18.

781. Compelling attendance of Witnesses.-Upon proof to the satisfaction of the judge of the service of subpoena upon any witness who fails to attend before him, as required by such subpoena, and upon such Judge being satisfied that the presence of such witness before him is indispensable to the ends of justice, he may, by his warrant, cause the said witness to be apprehended and forthwith brought before him to give evidence as required by such subpoena, and to answer for his disregard of the same; and such witness may be detained on such warrant before the said Judge, or in the common gaol, with a view to secure his presence as a witness; or, in

the discretion of the Judge, such witness may be released on recognizance with or without sureties, conditioned for his appearance to give evidence as therein mentioned, and to answer for his default in not attending upon the said subpoena, as for a contempt; and the Judge may, in a summary manner, examine into and dispose of the charge of contempt against the said witness who, if found guilty thereof, may be fined or imprisoned, or both, such fine not to exceed one hundred dollars, and such imprisonment to be in the common gaol, with or without hard labour, and not to exceed the term of ninety days, and he may also be ordered to pay the costs incident to the execution of such warrant and of his detention in custody.

2. Such warrant may be in the form OO (1) and the conviction for contempt in the form PP in schedule one to this Act, (2) and the same shall be authority to the persons and officers therein required to act to do as therein they are respectively directed. 52 V., c. 47, s. 19.

FORMS UNDER PART LIV.

Canada, Province of County of

FROM SCHEDULE ONE.

MM. (Section 767.)

FORM OF RECORD WHEN THE PRISONER PLEADS NOT GUILTY.

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Be it remembered that A. B. being a prisoner in the gaol of the said county, committed for trial on a charge of having on day of in the year , stolen, &c. (one cow, the property of C. D., or as the case may be, stating briefly the offence) and having been brought before me (describe the Judge) on the day of in the year and asked by me if he consented to be tried before me without the intervention of a jury, consented to be so tried; and that upon the day of in the year the said A. B., being again brought before me for trial, and declaring himself ready, was arraigned upon the said charge and pleaded not guilty; and after hearing the evidence adduced, as well in support of the said charge as for the prisoner's defence (or as the case may be), I find him to be guilty of the offence with which he is charged as aforesaid, and I accordingly sentence him to (here insert such sentence as the law allows and the Judge thinks right), (or I find him not

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(1) For Form 00, see p. 681, post.

(2) For Form PP, see p. 682, post.