Wilson v. State

This is an appeal from a judgment and sentence on conviction of bookmaking. Defendant was arrested on a warrant charging bookmaking on October 19, 1951. Before the magistrate the State’s Attorney prayed a jury trial. Code, Art. 52, sec. 13A. The case was tried in the circuit court without a jury, and defendant was found guilty.

Two questions are presented, (1) whether a search warrant should have been quashed because in it (a) the offense charged was erroneously referred to “as defined in Chapter 81 of the Acts * * * of 1950” and (b) defendant, “the individual to be searched”, was described…