State v. Wheatley

These three appeals were taken by the State of Maryland from three orders of the Circuit Court for Queen Anne’s County sustaining demurrers to three indictments charging Charles Wheatley with misfeasance in the office of referee for the Employment Security Board of Maryland.

Each indictment contained four counts, but the State abandoned its appeal as to the third and fourth counts of each indictment. The first count in the first indictment alleges that defendant was employed by the Employment Security Board as a claims referee charged with the duties of administering the Unemployment…