Legal Opinion
Weaver v. State
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided December 12, 1966No. [No. 526, September Term, 1965.]PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHornby, J.
The question posed by this appeal is whether or not the Municipal Court of Baltimore City, absent the signing of a formal order of contempt and the giving of reasonable time to make a defense, had jurisdiction to punish for a contempt arising out of the failure of a party defendant to appear at the postponed hearing of a case in obedience to an oral command given by the court at the time of postponement.
In this proceeding, the plaintiff-appellee is the State of Maryland and the defendant-appellant is Maybelle Weaver. The de fendant and her mother were charged with separate violations of the…
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