Ex parte O'Neill
Court of Appeals of Maryland
This was an application made to the Court of Appeals, during its session in term time, for a writ of habeas corpus, made by the petitioner, O’Neill, through his counsel, James S. Franklin, alleging that he was unjustly confined in the jail of Anne Arundel county, upon the charge of shooting a free negro with intent to kill.
1Opinion of the CourtMason, J.
We cannot discover from tire new constitution any purpose to abrogate any of the acts of Assembly imposing duties upon the members of the Court of Appeals in their individual capacities; but on the contrary, we are of opinion, that the members of the new Court of Appeals accepted their offices, burlhened with the obligation to discharge the duties which were imposed by those acts upon the judges of the former court. Under this impression all the members of this court have acted in their attendance upon, and participation in the proceedings of the board of Governors and Yisitors of St. John’s…
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