Watts v. State
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Harford County (Watters, J.)
1Opinion of the CourtPearce, J.
The appellant was indicted in the Circuit Court for Baltimore County for the murder of his wife, and the case being removed for trial to the Circuit Court for Harford County, he was there convicted of murder in the first degree, and sentenced to death. During the course of the trial, fifteen exceptions were taken.
The first exception was taken to the overruling of a demurrer to the indictment, and the subsequent refusal to quash the indictment, because of an amendment thereto which it is alleged rendered it void.
The second, third and seventh exceptions were taken to the admission of a…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Ex Parte BainSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- Nicholson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1873
- Townshend v. TownshendCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1848
- Adams v. HendersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- Berry v. Safe Deposit & Trust Co.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1902
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