Mason v. State

Jerome Mason, the appellant, was tried before Judge Carter in the Criminal Court of Baltimore, sitting without a jury, on charges of assault with intent to murder one Henry McCormick and of assaulting and beating one John Bethea. He was sentenced to imprisonment on these charges for terms of ten years and of two years, respectively, the sentences to run concurrently. On this appeal he contends that these convictions are unsupported by the evidence. We find no merit whatever in his contentions.

There was evidence to show that Mason attempted to stab Bethea in the back, that McCormick shoved…