Blaney v. State
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal as upon Whit oe Error, from the Criminal Court of Baltimore. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court. The cause was argued before Alvey, C. J., Miller, Irving, Bryan, Fowler, McSherry, and Briscoe, J.
1Opinion of the Court
McSherry", J.,
delivered the opinion of the Court.
William Blaney was indicted by the grand jury of Baltimore City for the murder of his aunt, and upon his *154arraignment he interposed the following motion called in the record a plea in abatement, viz., “The defendant, William Blaney, by his counsel, N. Winslow Williams, hereby moves that the indictment be quashed for the following reasons: 1st. It appears upon the face of the record that the grand jury was without jurisdiction to find the same. 2nd. The said indictment is not based upon an accusation made before a committing magistrate, nor was…
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