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Costs Final.
Imprisonment.
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XIII. Provided always, and be it further enacted, That it any person convicted of any Offence or Offences punishable by this Act, shall think himself or herself aggrieved by the Judgment of the Justices before whom he or the shall have been convicted, such Person shall have Liberty to appeal from every such Conviction to the next Court of General Sessions or General Quarter Sessions of the Peace which shall be held for the County, Riding, Division, City, Town, Liberty or Place, wherein such Offence was committed; and the Justices in or at the said next Court of General Sessions or General Quarter Sessions, are hereby authorized and required to hear and determine the Matter of the said Appeal and to award such Costs as to them shall appear just and reasonable to be paid to either Party; which Decision shall be final; and if upon hearing the said Appeal, the Judgment of the Justices before whom the Appellant shall have been convicted shall be confirmed, such Appellant shall forthwith pay the Forfeitures or Penalty mentioned in such Conviction, and the Costs awarded to be paid by such Appellant; and in Default of Payment thereof, such Appellant shall immediately be committed by the said Court to the Common Goal or House of Correction of the County, Riding, Division, City, Town, Liberty or Place, where any such Offence may have been committed, there to remain for any time not exceeding Six Calendar Months, unless such Penalty and Costs shall be sooner paid.
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