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Appeals from summary convictions to quarter sessions.
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30. In all cases of summary conviction before a justice of the peace or court of petty sessions under this Act, where the sum adjudged to be paid shall exceed two pounds, or imprisonment shall exceed one month, any person who shall think himself aggrieved by any such conviction may appeal to the next court of quarter sessions which shall be held for the county, town, or place where such conviction shall have been made, (such person, at the time of such conviction, giving to such justice, or the justices presiding at such court, notice in writing of his intention to appeal, and also entering into a recognizance at the time of such notice, with two solvent and sufficient sureties, conditioned personally to appear at the said sessions, and to try such appeal, and to abide the judgment of the court thereupon, and to pay such costs as shall by the court be awarded,) and upon such notice being given, and such recognizance being entered into, the justice or justices before whom the same shall be entered into shall liberate such person, if in custody; and the court, at such sessions, shall hear and determine the matter of the appeal, and shall make such order therein, with or without costs to either party, as to the court shall seem meet; and in case of the dismissal of the appeal, or the confirmance of the conviction, the court shall order and adjudge the offender to be punished according to the conviction, and to pay such costs, if any, as shall be awarded, and shall, if necessary, issue process for enforcing judgment.
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