Brennan v. State

The appellant was convicted of bastardy by a jury in the Criminal Court of Baltimore City, whereupon the court suspended sentence and paroled him on condition that he pay the sum of $2.75 weekly for the statutory period, for the support of the alleged illegitimate child, and from this action of the court this appeal was taken.

The State has filed a motion to dismiss the appeal on the ground that a suspension of sentence is not a final judgment and that hence no appeal can be taken, but for the reasons stated by us in the case of Kelly v. State, 151 Md. 87, this term, where the same question…