White v. State

Robert Roy White was indicted by the grand jury of Cecil County for violating the statute making it unlawful to make or sell a book or pool on the result of any horse race. Code 1951, art. 27, sec. 306. On September 25, 1953, he filed a motion in the Circuit Court for Cecil County to quash the indictment. He contended that the acts he was alleged to have committed in July, 1953, did not constitute crimes because bookmaking was not a crime in Cecil County at that time. His motion was overruled.

On October 14 defendant was tried before a jury and found guilty. On October 26 the trial judge…