Clawns v. State

Ethel Clawns, on February 12th, 1941, was convicted by a jury in the Criminal Court of Baltimore City on the first and fourth counts of an indictment, containing five counts, for violation of Sections 537 and 543 of Article 27 of the Annotated Code of Maryland, Flack’s Edition. The first count was for violation of Section 537 for unlawfully being on the railroad car, and the fourth count was based on violation of Section 543 which in general prohibits the buying or selling of railroad tickets or the unused portions thereof, or the soliciting for the buying and selling of said tickets without…