JUSTICES OF THE PEACE. 119 Sec. 1014. The jury being sworn, shall sit together, and hear the Trial. proofs and allegations of the parties in public. Denny 1-:. Queen, 3 Cranch, C. C., 217 ; Smith va. Chase, 3 Craiidlg, Sec. 1015. The justice shall then administer to the constable the fol- Constables oath. lowing oath: “You do swear, that you will keep this jury together in §4,Q` some private room, without meat or drink, except water; that you will ° ° ’ ` not suifer any person to speak to them, nor will you speak to them yourself unless by order of the justice, until they have agreed on their verdict.” Sec. 1016. When the jurors have agreed on their verdict, they shall Verdictdeliver the same publicly to the justice. Ibidor-747- Sec. 1017. The justice shall give judgment thereon forthwith, and J¤d¤;¤¤¤¤¤ ¤¤d may issue execution accordingly. °*°°““°¤- Ibid. ExEcUT10Ns. Sec. 1018. Justices of the peace are authorized to issue writs of exe- Fim f==¤=i¤¤- cution in all cases in which they are empowered to render judgment. p,,d_,,,_1;;,,,_7,,6_ See 912. Sec. 1019. The plaintiif is entitled to have his execution against? thd Property subject goods and chattels, lands and tenements, rights and credits of the defend- *° °X<*°¤*i<>¤· ant, subject to the exemptions mentioned in section seven hundred and 24 Juoo, 1812, o. ninety-seven. ;seet9m,o•:,ns1,ns•.] gg- ¤- 15. V- 2. P- s rob., 1867, o. :10, v- 14. pr- 389, 390- SEO. 1020. Upon a copy of any judgment rendered by a justice of the E¤¤¢=¤*§i•>¤ ¤P<>¤ peace, any other justice of the peace is authorized to issue execution in °°Py °f ·l“dg“‘°"”· the same manner as executions are issued by the clerk of the supreme 1 March, 1823, o. court of the District, which shall be returned within twenty days after 2*%*-3-V-3.P- 743- being issued, to the justice who gave the judgment. Sec. 1021. No return, judgment, or execution, shall be received or Plniutifswceipt. recorded as satisfied, by justices of the peace, without the receipt of the n,,d_’,_ w““—`p_7,,5_ plaintiif annexed thereto. ' LIENS. Sec. 1022. After judgment for a debt amounting with interest to _ J u dgm ents a twenty dollars, exclusive of costs, before a. justice of the peace, the judg- 1‘°“» ‘"*°”· ment-creditor may, when execution is returned “N0 personal property 1 June, 1870, c. tound whereon to levy," nie in the clerk’s office of the supreme court of U5. ¤· 2.11- 16, ppthe District a certified copy of such judgment, which hall be docketed .M6· 141 in the docket of law causes in said office, in the ame manner as appeals from justices are docketed there; and when so docketed, the force and edect of the judgment shall be the same, as to lien and execution, as u it had been a judgment of the supreme court. SUPERSEDEAS. Sec. 1023. Ou all judgments rendered by a justice of the peace, except mfnmy of ¤¤¤¤¤- as provided in section ten hundred and twenty-five stay of execution may be had upon good and sufficient security being entered by a person 6322 SL ebY4186z,0;. who may be at the time the owner of sufficient property located 1D the ·°· ·"· ·P· · District, above all liabilities and exemptions, to secure the debt, costs, and interest. _ H mw, Sec. 1024. In such cases stay of execution shall be entered as fol- __j]'jj¤;_;_ lows: Ibid. For the sum of five dollars, and not exceeding twenty dollars, one month · For all sums over twenty dollars, and not exceeding forty dollars, two months; _ For all sums over forty dollars, and not exceeding seventy-[ive dollars, four months; _ For all sums exceeding seventy-five dollars, six months.
