Swan v. State

Appellant was one of several members of a political party who were convicted in 1948 in the Criminal Court of Baltimore by Judge Moser, sitting without a jury, of conspiracy to disturb the peace. After a motion for a new trial had been heard by the Supreme Bench, and overruled as to the count containing this charge, he was sentenced on March 22, 1949, to three months in the Maryland House of Correction, and to pay a fine of $10.00, but the sentence was suspended for two years, and he was released on probation in the custody of the Probation Department of the Supreme Bench. An appeal was taken…