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Indictments—Violation of City or Town Ordinances.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 562. 1912. sec. 505. 1904, sec. 447. 1900, ch. 131, sec. 291C.

1929, ch. 245.

562. In every indictment or warrant for the violation of any ordinance
of any incorporated city or town of this State or of the Board of County
Commissioners of any county of this State or of the Special Taxing Area
of any county of this State, it shall not be necessary to set forth a copy of
the said ordinance, or any particular section thereof; but every such indict-
ment or warrant shall be sufficient if it recites the number of the ordinance
alleged to have been violated with the date of its passage, or if the ordi-
nance has been embraced in a codification, if it refers to the number of
the Article and section of such codification containing such ordinance, and
conforms to the rules of law governing the framing of indictments or war-
rants for violation of Acts of the General Assembly of this State, and con-
cludes "against the form of the ordinance in such case made and provided,
and against the peace, government and dignity of the State".

Indictments—Murder or Manslaughter.

563.

This section valid and not in violation of art. 21 of the Maryland Declaration
of Rights; adding the word "negligently" to indictment did not affect its validity.
Neusbaum v. State, 15G Md. 149.

Procedure—Indictments—Amendment.

1933 (Special Sess. ), chs. 8 and 70.

563A. All motions for new trials in criminal cases shall be heard by
the Court in which said motion is pending, or by the Supreme Bench of
Baltimore City in cases of motions for new trials pending in the Criminal
Court of Baltimore City, within ten days after the filing of said motion,
or, in the event an agreed statement of the evidence, or a statement of the
evidence certified by the Judge before whom the case was tried, is filed,
within ten days after the filing of said statement; provided, however, that
the time for the hearing of any such motion may be extended either by
an agreement in writing, signed by the State's Attorney of the County
or the City of Baltimore, wherein such motion is pending, and by the
defendant or his counsel, or by an order signed by the trial Judge.

Sentence.

573.

This section and art. 27 of the Declaration of Rights do not enable husband
to inherit from wife whom he murdered, since by reason of his murderous act,
he never acquired a beneficial interest in his wife's estate. Price v. Hitaffer,
164 Md. 508.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 577. 1932. sec. 520. 1904, sec. 4G1. 1904, ch. 402, sec. 304A.

1902, ch. 494. 1927, ch. 608.

577. The courts may suspend sentence generally or for a definite time,
and may make such orders and impose such terms as to costs, recognizance