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by  the  Summary  Jurisdiction  Acts  (a).     The  juris-  undcr  the

diction  under  the  1871  Act  may  be  exercised  for  the  istl

place  where  the  office  of  the  trade  union  is  situated

or  where  the  offence  has  been  committed.    The  costs

on  summary  conviction  must  not  exceed   £1   (h),

and    they    and    all    offences    and    penalties    may

be  prosecuted  and  recovered  summarily  (c).      Under

the    1875    Act,  where  a  person  is  accused  before  Under  the

a  Court  of  Summary  Jurisdiction  of  any  offence,   i875.
for   which  a  penalty    of   <£20    or  imprisonment  is

imposable,  the  accused  ma}',   on  appearing  before

the  Court  of  Summary  Jurisdiction,  declare  that  he

objects  to  being  tried  for  such  offence  summarily

and  may  claim  to  be  tried  by  indictment  (d).
Constitution  of  Court.
For  the  purposes  of  both  Acts  the  "  Court  of
Summary  Jurisdiction  "  must  be  constituted  in  some
one  of  the  following  manners  : —

(A)  In  England,  Court  of

(1)  In   any    place  within    the  jurisdiction  of  instance

a  metropolitan  police  magistrate  or  other
stipendiary  magistrate,  of  such  magistrate
or  his  substitute  ;

(2)  In  the  City  of  London,  of  the  Lord  Mayor

or  any  alderman  of  the  city  ;

(a)  (ISTl)  34  &  35  Vict.  c.  31,  s.  5.  Stone's    Justices'   Manual,

s.  19  ;  (1875)  38  &  39  Yict.  c.  86,  43rd  ed.,  pp.  33  et  seq.
s.  10  ;  (1879)42&43Yict.  c.  49;  {d)  (1875)  38  &  39  Yict.  c.  86,

(1884)  47  &  48  Yict.  c.  43.     As  s.  9.     In  trial  by  indictment  it

to    summary  procedure    gene-  is  not  necessary  to  aver  in  the

rally,      see     Stone's      Justices'  indictment  that  the   defendant

Manual,  43rd  ed.  elected  to   be   so  tried.     B.    v.
