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cases arising under the provisions of said section sixty-nine hundred and 

 sixty-six provided, that the defendant shall be entitled, on demand, 

 o a trial by jury. If such prosecutions be before a justice of the peace 

 d a trial by jury be not waived, the said justice shall issue a venire to 

 any constable of the county, containing the names of sixteen electors 

 the county, to serve as jurors to try such case, and make due return 

 Each party shall be entitled to two peremptory challenges, and 

 shall be subject to the same challenges as jurors are subject to in crim- 

 inal cases in the* court of common pleas. If the venire of sixteen names 

 be exhausted without obtaining the required number to fill the panel, 

 the justice may direct the constable to summon any of the bystanders 

 to act as jurors ; 



[Costs.] But costs shall not be required to be advanced or paid 

 by a person or an officer authorized or required by statute to prosecute 

 such cases; and if the defendant be acquitted, or if he be convicted, and 

 committed to jail in default of payment of fine and costs, the justice, 

 mayor, or police judge before whom the case was brought shall certify 

 such costs to the county auditor, Vho shall examine, and, if necessary, 

 correct the amount [account], and issue his warrant to the county treas- 

 urer in favor of the respective officers to whom costs are due for the 

 amount due to each. 



(6966-2) [Giving to justices, mayors, and police judges final 

 jurisdiction in certain cases; costs. Justices of the peace, mayors, 

 and police judges shall have final jurisdiction in all cases arising under 

 the provisions of sections sixty-nine hundred and sixty, sixty-nine hun- 

 dred and sixty-one, sixty-nine hundred and sixty-three, sixty-nine hun- 

 dred and sixty-four, sixty-nine hundred and sixty-five, sixty-nine hun- 

 dred and sixty-seven, and sixty-nine hundred and sixty-eight of the Re- 

 vised Statutes ; provided, that the defendant shall be entitled, on demand, 

 to trial by jury. If such prosecutions be before a justice of the peace, 

 and a trial by jury be not waived, the said justice shall issue a venire to 

 any constable, or fish and game warden, of the county, containing the 

 names of sixteen electors of the county, to serve as jurors to try such 

 case, and make due return thereof. Each party shall be entitled to two 

 peremptory challenges, and shall be subject to the same challenges as 

 jurors are subject to in criminal cases in the court of common pleas. If 

 the venire of sixteen names be exhausted without obtaining the required 

 number to fill the panel, the justice may direct the constable, or fish and 

 game warden, as the case may be, to summon any of the bystanders to act 

 as jurors; but costs shall not be required to be advanced or paid by a 

 person or an officer authorized or required by statute to prosecute such 

 cases ; and if the defendant be acquitted, or if he be convicted, and com- 

 mitted to jail in default of payment of fine and costs, the justice, mayor, 

 or police judge, before whom the case was brought, shall certify such costs 

 to the county auditor, who shall examine, and, if necessary, correct the 

 account, and issue his warrant to the county treasurer in favor of the 

 respective persons to whom costs are due, for the amount due to each. 



SEC. 6967. [Ferrets not to be used to catch rabbits.] Whoever, 

 upon the premises or lands of another, uses or employs, or attempts to 

 use or employ, ferrets for the purpose of catching rabbits, or driving 

 them from their burrows or hiding-places without first obtaining verbal 

 or written permission from the owner of such lands or premises, or from 

 his agent, or person in charge thereof, shall be fined for the first offiense, 



