Walker v. State

The appellant in this case was convicted of attempted rape by the court, sitting as a jury, in the Criminal Court of Baltimore City. After a motion for new trial had been overruled by the Supreme Bench, he was sentenced to be hanged. The appeal comes here under Section 88A of Art. 5 of the Code, Chap. 1068, Acts of 1945, the appellant having filed an oath in forma pauperis. The appeal is not based upon any objections taken in the course of the trial, but is based upon (1) alleged error in certain remarks of the trial court after verdict, but before sentence, and (2) the court’s alleged…