State v. Norris
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal as upon Writ of Error from the Circuit Court for Charles County. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court. On a general demurrer to the indictment the Court below “ ordered judgment on demurrer for the-defendants, and that the defendants be discharged from the custody of the sheriff.”
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Appeal as upon Writ of Error from the Circuit Court for Charles County. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court. On a general demurrer to the indictment the Court below “ ordered judgment on demurrer for the-defendants, and that the defendants be discharged from the custody of the sheriff.” The error assigned by the State was that, “ the traverser having demurred to the indictment in said case, the said Circuit Court for Charles County passed an order sustaining said demurrer and thereby decided that the indictment filed in said case was insufficient in law.”
1Opinion of the CourtAlvey, C. J.
It appears from the record in this case that the defendants in error were indicted in the Circuit Court for Charles County, at the May term thereof, 1888, for the violation of the provisions of the Act of 1888, ch. 362, entitled “An Act to add a new section to Article 30 of the Code of Public General Laws, title ‘ Crimes and Punishments/ sub-title ‘ Rivers,’ to come in after section one hundred and seventy-one.” The defendants demurred to the indictment, and the demurrer was sustained by the Court, and the defendants were discharged. The State has brought the case here as upon writ of error,…
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