Anderson v. State
Court of Appeals of Maryland
b* Dorchester county court to remove the proceedings in a criminal prosecution against the plaintiff ip error for misdemeanors.
1Opinion of the CourtDorsey, J.
delivered the court’s opinion. The plaintiff in error was convicted m Dorchester county court ot misdemeanors under the act of 1809, eh. 138, s. 4, art. 10, and sentenced to undergo a confinement in the Penitentiary for the term of five years. Upon this judgment he sued out a writ of error, by which the transcript of the. record was removed to this court. The court do not hesitate to say, that a defendant, against whom a judgment has been rendered for a misdemeanor, is ex debito justitiee, entitled to. prosecute a writ of error, and that this court are bound to, correct any errors which may…
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