Brown v. Maryland
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR to the Court of Appeals of Maryland. This was an indictment in the City Court of Baltimore, against the plaintiffs in error, upon the second section of an act of the legislature of the State of Maryland, passed in 1821, entitled, “¡An act supplementary to the act laying duties on licenses to retailers of dry goods, and for other purposes.” ' The second section of the act provides, “ That all importers of foreign articles, or commodities, of dry goods, wares, or…
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ERROR to the Court of Appeals of Maryland. This was an indictment in the City Court of Baltimore, against the plaintiffs in error, upon the second section of an act of the legislature of the State of Maryland, passed in 1821, entitled, “¡An act supplementary to the act laying duties on licenses to retailers of dry goods, and for other purposes.” ' The second section of the act provides, “ That all importers of foreign articles, or commodities, of dry goods, wares, or merchandises, by bail or package, or of wine, rum, brandy, whiskey, and other distilled spirituous liquors, &c. and other…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Marshall
delivered the opinión of the Court.
This is a writ of error to a judgment rendered in the Court of Appeals of Maryland, affirming a judgment of the City Court of Baltimore, on an indictment, found in that Court against the plaintiffs in error, for violating an act of the legislature of Maryland. The indictment was founded on the second section of that act, which is in these words : “ And he it enacted, that all importers of foreign articles or commodities, of dry goods, wares, or merchandise, by bale or package, or of wine, rum, brandy, whiskey and other distilled spiritous liquors, &c. and…
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