Broening v. Mayor of Baltimore

The fee system was not new when the Constitution of 1851 became law, and for the purposes of this ease we need not go farther back than that. From that time on the practice has remained unchanged. The State’s Attorney has charged the city $10' for each felony, or misdemeanor, for which imprisonment in the Penitentiary may be imposed, and $5 for each misdemeanor in which the penalty is a fine or imprisonment in jail or House of Correction. These fees have been so charged at the end of the month in which the cases have been disposed of by trial, stet or non pros., and have been paid by the…