Turner v. State
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Criminal Court of Baltimore. Henry A. Turner, a resident of Charles County in 1819, raised a crop of tobacco ; of this crop he packed one hogshead, marked the same with his full name and place of residence and shipped it to Baltimore. On 31st August, 1880, this hogshead was exported by him to Bremen, never having been taken to the State tobacco warehouse.
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Appeal from the Criminal Court of Baltimore. Henry A. Turner, a resident of Charles County in 1819, raised a crop of tobacco ; of this crop he packed one hogshead, marked the same with his full name and place of residence and shipped it to Baltimore. On 31st August, 1880, this hogshead was exported by him to Bremen, never having been taken to the State tobacco warehouse. On 18th September, 1880, after presentment duly made by the Grand Jury in the Criminal Court of Baltimore, an indictment was found against him containing two counts, stated in the opinion of the Court. To both of these counts…
1Opinion of the CourtRobinson, J.
The appellant was indicted for violating the Tobacco Inspection Laws of this State.
The first count in the indictment charges, that the appellant being a grower of tobacco, packed a certain quantity of such tobacco in a hogshead of unknown dimensions, and exported it to Bremen, Germany, without having such hogshead of tobacco inspected and passed according to the laws of this State.
In addition to these facts, the second count charges, that he did not pay the outage due the State on the tobacco thus exported.
To this indictment the appellant filed a demurrer, and the question on this appeal, is…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- State Ex Rel. Scaggs v. ReillyCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1899
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