Legal Opinion

Spencer v. State

Court of Appeals of Maryland

Decided April 18, 1888PublishedCited by 54 opinions

Appeal from tlie Circuit Court for Alleghany County.

1Opinion of the CourtAlvey, C. J.

The prisoner, the appellant in this case, was indicted for the murder of Winfield S. Dawson on the 21th of July, 1881. The prisoner was tried upon the plea of not guilty, and was found guilty of murder in the first degree. The crime was committed in Alleghany County, and the prisoner was tried and convicted at the October term of the Circuit Court for that county, 1881.

*32In the course of the trial, the prisoner took two hills of exception to the refusal of the Court to admit certain evidence proffered by him; and the rulings of the Court, as stated in those exceptions, form the only subjects of…

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2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Hopt v. PeopleSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
  2. United States v. McGlueU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts · 1851

3Cited by54 opinions

  1. Fisher v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
  2. Chisley v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1953
  3. Johnson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1982
  4. Bryant v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1991
  5. Hook v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1989

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