Gibson v. State

Bruñe, C. J.,

delivered the opinion of the Court.

The appellant was indicted by the Grand Jury for Cecil County for “making book” on a horse race. The date of his alleged offense was August 22, 1953. When called to the stand, he admitted that he had been “making book” for some years; but he contended that bookmaking was not then unlawful in Cecil County. The trial judge overruled appellant’s motion to dismiss the indictment, the case went to trial and the jury returned a verdict of guilty. The appellant was sentenced to a fine and imprisonment, but the latter sentence was suspended and the…