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Appeal from conviction of justice to sessions.
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73. Provided always, that it shall and may be lawful for any person who shall think himself or herself aggrieved by the judgment of any justice of the peace upon any conviction had or made by virtue of this Act to appeal to the justices of the peace at the next general quarter sessions to be holden for the city, town corporate, or borough, in which such conviction shall have been made, or for the county or riding in which any place, not being a city, town corporate, or borough, shall be situate; and such person so appealing shall, before some justice for such county, city, town corporate, or borough, or place, enter into a recognizance, with two sufficient sureties, conditioned in a penalty of double the amount of the fine or penalty adjudged by such conviction, to appear at such sessions, and to abide the hearing of such appeal, and upon entering into such recognizances such person shall be forthwith discharged out of custody; and it shall be lawful for the justices at such sessions, and they are hereby empowered and required, to hear and determine the matter of such appeal, and to make such order therein as shall be agreeable to the circumstances of the case, and to award costs at their discretion against either party; and in case such justices shall adjudge the party appealing to pay any fine or penalty or costs, and such party shall fail to pay the same, such justice and may commit such party for such term as any justice might have done in the like case, and subject to the like restrictions and provisions as are herein-before contained in the case of a conviction or committal by any such justice.
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