Price v. Clawns Ex Rel. Clawns

This case is certified to this court in accordance with the requirements of Article 42, Section 16, of the Code, 1939, Act of 1880, Ch. 6, Sec. 17, because the applicant had been convicted and sentenced to the Baltimore City Jail under a statute which in the opinion of the judge hearing the application is void and unconstitutional.

Ethel Clawns, the applicant, was indicted, tried, convicted and sentenced for the violation of Sections 537 and 543, Article 27 of the Code, 1939. This is the first time this statute, now fifty years old, has been attacked. But time cannot validate an invalid…