Further Hearing
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
Hearing at another time. Prisoners are frequently committed for further hearing, either when there is not sufficient evidence for a final coramitinent, or because the magistrate has not time, at the moment, to hear the whole of the evidence. The magistrate is required by law, and by every principle of humanity, to hear the prisoner as soon as possible after a commitment for further hearing; and if he neglects to do so within a reasonable time, he becomes a trespasser; 10 B. & C. 28; 6 M. & R. 53. Fifteen days was held an unreasonable time, unless under special circumstances; 4 C. & P. 134; Com. v. Ross, 6 S. & R. (Pa.) 427. In Massachusetts, magistrates may, by statute, adjourn the case for ten days; Gen. Stat. c.
170, § 17.
It is the practice in England to commit for three days, and then from three days to three days; 1 Chitty, Cr. Law 74.