Lynch v. State

Appellants, Charles Conley Lynch, Joseph Carroll and Richard Berry Norton, were tried in the Criminal Court of Baltimore by a jury, Judge J. Gilbert Prendergast presiding, under two indictments. Indictment Number 3700 charged the defendants in count one with inciting a riot, in count two with riot, in count three with using profanity on a public street, in count four with disorderly conduct in a public resort, and in count five with violation of Rule Number One of the Park Rules of Baltimore City (disorderly conduct in the park). Indictment Number 3703 charged the defendants with conspiring…