Heyward v. State

Julius Heyward, the appellant, with one Henry Gorman, was indicted by the grand jury of the City of Baltimore for violation of certain provisions of the criminal code pertaining to lottery, article 27, sec. 336, et seq., of the Code of Public General Laws of Maryland. When the case came up for trial in the criminal court of that city, a severance was granted; and separate trials were had in that court.

The indictment contained eleven counts, but in this case we are interested only in the fourth and fifth counts, upon which the defendant Heyward was found guilty by a jury. In the fourth count…