Smith v. State

The appellant, Sidney Smith, was indicted by the Grand Jury of Baltimore City for the murder of his wife,' Mae K. Smith, on February 7, 1943. The indictment was returned on March 8, 1943. On March 17, 1943, he was arraigned, entered a plea of not guilty, waived a jury trial and at his election was tried before the judge then sitting in Criminal Court, Part 2, of Baltimore City. He was found guilty of murder in the first degree. After a motion for a new trial was overruled by the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City, he was, on April 12, 1943, sentenced to be hanged, and it is from this judgment…