Fountain v. State of Maryland
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court- for Talbot County (Adkins, C. J., and Wickes, J.).
1Opinion of the CourtUrner, J.
In the course of the trial of the appellant for rape, in the Circuit Court for Talbot County, he filed a motion for a postponement of the trial on the ground that it could not be fair and impartial under the conditions then existing. The motion alleged and offered to prove, in substance and effect, that when the Court adjourned at 10 o’clock at night on the first day of the trial about two thousands persons were assembled on the Court House grounds, on which the county jail was also located, and while the appellant was being taken from the Court House to the jail through the crowd a…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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