Mazer v. State
Decision Date | 20 February 1941 |
Docket Number | 9,10. |
Citation | 18 A.2d 217,179 Md. 293 |
Parties | MAZER v. STATE. MINIKIN v. STATE. |
Court | Maryland Court of Appeals |
Appeals from the Criminal Court of Baltimore City; Eugene O'Dunne, Judge.
Joseph Mazer and Anita Minikin were convicted of making bets on horse races and keeping gambling premises, and they appeal.
Reversed and new trial awarded.
E. Milton Altfeld, of Baltimore (Harry O. Levin, of Baltimore, on the brief), for appellants.
Robert E. Clapp, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen. (William C. Walsh, Atty Gen., J. Bernard Wells, State's Atty., and Douglas N Sharretts, Asst. State's Atty., both of Baltimore, on the brief), for appellee.
Argued before SLOAN, MITCHELL, JOHNSON, DELAPLAINE, and COLLINS, JJ.
The appellants, Joseph Mazer and Anita Minikin, in conjunction with Herbert Thornton, were jointly indicted for having unlawfully wagered bets on horse races; sold books and pools on horse races, and occupied, rented and kept certain premises for the purposes of betting and gambling.
The indictment contains fifteen counts, charging in varying forms the indicated offenses, as being in violation of the appropriate sections of article 27 of the Code (Flack's Ed.1939), title, 'Crimes and Punishments', sub-title 'Gaming'.
The validity of the indictment is not questioned and discussion as to its several counts is, therefore, unnecessary. Upon a plea of not guilty, by all three of the traversers, the case was submitted to the court; the verdicts as to Joseph Mazer and Anita Minikin being guilty. From the judgments entered upon said verdicts, these appeals, both of which are contained in one record, were taken.
It is stipulated and agreed between counsel for the State and for the traversers, that at the trial of the cases involved in the appeals, the property, paraphernalia and equipment seized under the search warrant in the cases were used in evidence against both of said defendants, over objection duly made and exception taken to the court's ruling by their counsel. But that such evidence was, by agreement, omitted from the bills of exception for the reason that the only questions to be raised on this appeal are those concerning the validity of the search warrant and the validity of the search and seizure made thereunder. Accordingly, our inquiry relates specifically to the questions submitted by the above stipulation.
Chapter 749 of the Acts of 1939 (Code, Art. 27, § 306), provides as follows:
And the record shows that prior to the arrest of the defendants and the search of the premises by the police officers, sergeant Boyle, in accordance with the provisions of the above act, applied to Judge W. Conwell Smith, of the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City, for a search warrant authorizing him to enter the premises known as No. 15 North Howard Street, in said City, and seize and take into custody race bets, race bet slips, and any other paraphernalia used in accepting bets on races found on said premises; the verified application for the warrant being as follows:
The warrant issued in pursuance of the above application was as follows:
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