Beck v. State

The appellant in this case was convicted by a jury in the Circuit Court for Caroline County, upon the charge of bastardy, for which sentence was imposed by the court. It is from that sentence or judgment that the appeal in this case is taken.

When the case was called for trial, the names of twenty persons were, by the clerk of the court, written upon two lists. In accordance with the provisions of sections 13 and 17 of article 51 of the Code of 1921, one of these lists was delivered to the counsel for the State, and the other to the counsel for the defendant, to be used by them in the…