LOWERY v. STATE

[No. 129, October Term, 1952.]

202 Md. 314 (1953)

96 A.2d 20

LOWERY v. STATE

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided April 23, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Paul Gilbert, with whom was John Gordon Underwood, on the brief, for appellant.

Ambrose T. Hartman, Assistant Attorney General, with whom were Edward D.E. Rollins, Attorney General, Anselm Sodaro, State's Attorney of Baltimore City, and James F. Price, Assistant State's Attorney, on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before SOBELOFF, C.J., and DELAPLAINE, COLLINS, HENDERSON and HAMMOND, JJ.


SOBELOFF, C.J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

After conviction by a judge in the Criminal Court of Baltimore City, sitting without a jury, Charles Crosby Lowery, twenty-two years old, was sentenced to be hanged for the crime of rape upon his fifteen year old sister-in-law. In this appeal four points are addressed to our consideration. These will be discussed, though not precisely in the order raised. They are:

First, that while the court ruled out certain...

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