Broadbent v. State
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal-from the Circuit Court for Baltimore city. The bill in this case is a bill of discovery filed in the name of the State, at the instance of Lemuel Roberts, the lottery commissioner, against the appellants, to procure evidence in aid of suits at law, which had been instituted against the defendants, under the acts of 1846, ch. 109, and 1854', ch. 138. Its allegations are fully stated in the opinion of this court.
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Appeal-from the Circuit Court for Baltimore city. The bill in this case is a bill of discovery filed in the name of the State, at the instance of Lemuel Roberts, the lottery commissioner, against the appellants, to procure evidence in aid of suits at law, which had been instituted against the defendants, under the acts of 1846, ch. 109, and 1854', ch. 138. Its allegations are fully stated in the opinion of this court. The six interrogatories propounded to the defendants are in substance as follows: 1st. Whether the exhibit referred to in the bill was printed at their instance ? 2nd. What is…
1Opinion of the CourtLe Grand, C. J.
The State filed its bill for discovery in the circuit court for Baltimore city, alleging that it had instituted, under the acts of 1846, chapter 109, and 1854, chapter 138, before a justice of the peace, three actions of debt against Stephen Broadbent, three actions against Scotti Broadbent, and three against Joseph Beard, to recover the penalties imposed by the 3rd section of the act of 1846; and that each of said actions so pending are brought for the illegal insurance of lottery tickets, and that such illegal insurances were effected on the 21st October 1851, by the defendants in the city…
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