Section VIII. Every person charged with the offence of feloniously receiving goods or money, knowing the same to b

VIII. Every person charged with the offence of feloniously receiving goods or money, knowing the same to be stolen, Extension of Acts XXI. of 1839 and III. of 1842, may be tried by any Justice of the Peace, provided that `to` the offence of receiving ,to,,, pmprty ,sen tho the value of the property stolen or received does not, value of the property does exceed fifty rnpes. according to the belief of the Justice, exceed fiftg rupees, and every such person, on' conviction of any such offence, shall be liable, at the discret,ion of the Justice, to be imprisonecl, wit11 or ' 4 ACT No. XIII. OF `I852.` without hard labour, for any term not exceeding six Calendar months ; and all the powers and providons of Act 111. of 1842 and Act XXI. of 1839, except Sect,i.ion VIII. aforesaid, sl~all apply, so far as they may be applicable, to the trial, conviction, and sentence of any person charged under this Section with the offence of feloniousIy receiving goods or money knowing the same to be stolen ; provided always, that if it shall appear to the said Justice that such person has been pteviously convicted of, or is in the habit of receiving stolen goods, knowing the same to be stolen, the said Justice shall commit such person for trial before the Supreme Court of Judicature. IX. Every person who is accessory, before or after the fact, to any summary conviction of felony which is punishable on summaq conviction commission of certain fe- permns accessq to tlie before any Justice, is liable to be tried and convicted lonies. summarily before such Justice, on his own confession or the oath of one or more credible witnesses, ahd the convicting Justice shall have power to sentence any such accessory to imprisonment, with or ethout hard labour, for any time not exceeding six Calendar montlis, or in his or their discretion, instead of trying him, to commit him for trial to the Supreme Court of Judicature, or other court liaving authority I to try him. f A