Mitchell v. State

Briscoe, J.,

delivered tbe opinion of tbe Court.

Tbe traverser was indicted, on tbe second day of November, 1910, in the Circuit Court for Worcester County, for tbe violation of tbe Acts of 1908, chapter 27, commonly known as the local option law of that- county.. He was tried, convicted, and sentenced to pay-a fine of one hundred and fifty dollars, and to be confined in tbe Maryland House of Correction for tbe period of six months. He has taken this appeal.

At tbe trial of tbe case tbe traverser demurred to tbe indictment upon tbe ground that it failed to allege tbe offense, in tbe language of…