Legal Opinion
Hitzelberger v. State
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided January 13, 1938No. [No. 84, October Term, 1937.]PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSloan, J.
This appeal is from a sentence of fine and imprisonment imposed on Edward L. Hitzelberger, a lieutenant of police of Baltimore, charged by the state’s attorney of Baltimore City with interference by the officer with a member of the grand jury then pursuing an investigation in which Hitzelberger was interested.
The charge was of constructive contempt, and the procedure was in conformity with the provisions of the Acts of 1927, ch. 357 (Code [Supp. 1935] art. 5, sec. 105). The charge preferred by the state’s attorney whose duty it was to prosecute the charge under the Act of 1927, was (1) that…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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3Cited by33 opinions
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