Dickhaut v. State

The defendant was indicted in the Criminal Court of Baltimore City on the charge of having violated sec. 13 of Art. 99 of the Code, as amended by the Act of 1894. The only allegation in the indictment is, that the defendant on the 24th October, 1896 — being a time within the prohibition of the statute — had in his possession ninety-six rabbits, contrary to the form of the Act of Assembly, &c., &c. To this indictment the defendant demurred, and his demurrer was overruled. He then filed a motion to quash the indictment *460based upon the ground, first, that the statute is intended to apply only to…