State v. Nutwell
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Writ of Error to Anne Arundel County Court. This was an Indictment, in the following words: State of Maryland, all that part of Anne Arundel county not included within the limits of Howard District of Anne Arundel county, to wit: The grand jurors of the State of Maryland for all that part of Anne Arundel county not included within the limits of Howard District of Anne Arundel county, upon their oath do present, that John S. E. Nutwell, late of all that part of Anne Arundel…
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Writ of Error to Anne Arundel County Court. This was an Indictment, in the following words: State of Maryland, all that part of Anne Arundel county not included within the limits of Howard District of Anne Arundel county, to wit: The grand jurors of the State of Maryland for all that part of Anne Arundel county not included within the limits of Howard District of Anne Arundel county, upon their oath do present, that John S. E. Nutwell, late of all that part of Anne Arundel county not included within the limits of Howard District of said county, yeoman, on the 28th day of February, in the year…
1Opinion of the CourtStephen, J.
We think that the judgment of the court below in this case was correct, and ought to be affirmed. Certainty to a reasonable extent, is an essential attribute of all pleading, both civil and criminal, but is more especially necessary in the latter, where conviction is followed by penal consequences. One of its objects is notice to the party of the nature of the charge, against which he is to come prepared to defend himself; and it is also necessary, not only that the offence may be displayed upon the record, so as to enable the court to pronounce the sentence of the law, but to enable the…
2Cited by19 opinions
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- Seidman v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1962
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- State v. CanovaCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1976
- Toomer v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1910
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