Whenever any person shall be arrested without process or on view, for breaking the Peace or violating any of the laws of said Village, and shall be taken as aforesaid, before the Police Magistrate or any Justice of the Peace, as prescribed in Section 9-1-1 of this Chapter, such Magistrate or Justice shall note upon his docket the cause of such arrest, as stated by the Officer making such arrest, and proceed to hear and determine the case in the same manner as if the defendant had been arrested by warrant; or may continue the case upon application of either the defendant or Village Attorney, or other Official of the Village, having charge of said case, for lawful cause, as provided in other actions before Justices of the Peace, in which case, if the defendant shall give bond payable to the Village, and conditioned for the appearance of the defendant before the Magistrate or Justice hearing the cause, on the day and at the place named therein, and his abiding the order of the said Magistrate or Justice, and not departing the court without leave, with security, and in a sum to be approved by such Magistrate or Justice, he shall be discharged from the custody of the Officer making the arrest; otherwise he shall in the discretion of the Justice or Magistrate, be committed to the Village Jail, or other place of confinement provided for the imprisonment of offenders against the laws of said Village, or remain in custody of the Officer making the arrest, until the time of the trial of the case. 1
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1 | 1. S.H.A. 3-9-4 |