Ford v. State

The appellant Ford is a young man who was serving a six months’ sentence at Hagerstown for operating a motor vehicle without a license when he was indicted for burglary and larceny of an automobile. He was brought into the Criminal Court of Baltimore to stand trial by a “correctional officer” of the Maryland Correctional Institution. His handcuffs were removed and he asked and was granted permission to get a drink of water. He broke away from his guard and ran out of the courtroom, but was recaptured on the street almost immediately and returned for trial on the pending indictments. He was…