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witnesses for the prosecution endorsed thereon, forthwith to the Clerk of
such court; and the justice of the peace before whom the accused is brought
for trial shall inform him seasonably of his right to demand a trial by jury.
Since this section gives no right of appeal from the circuit court, no appeal lies if
that court had jurisdiction. Fact that traverser is not tried at term of court to which
papers are transmitted, does not defeat court's jurisdiction. Starliper v. State, 126
Md. 297.

Conspiracy.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 43. 1912, sec. 40. 1904, sec. 34. 1888, sec. 31. 1884, ch. 266.

41. An agreement or combination by two or more persons to do or
procure to be done any act in contemplation or furtherance of a trade dis-
pute between employers and workmen, shall not be indictable as a con-
spiracy, if such act, committed by one person, would not be punishable as
an offense; nothing in this section shall affect the law relating to riot,
unlawful assembly, breach of the peace, or any offense against any person
or against property.

This section referred to in deciding that a labor union, such as the United Mine Work-
ers of America, is suable in the federal courts and their funds subject to execution.
United Mine Workers v. Coronado Coal Co., 259 U. S. 386.

For cases involving the common law crime of conspiracy, see Garland v. State, 112
Md. 90; Lanasa v. State, 109 Md. 605.

Picketing of stores to compel owners to employ colored help is not in the nature
of a trade dispute, and may be enjoined. Green v. Samuelson, 168 Md. 426.

1927, ch. 651.

42. Every person convicted of the crime of conspiracy shall be liable
to be punished by a fine not exceeding two thousand dollars, or imprison-
ment in the jail or the Maryland House of Correction or the Maryland
Penitentiary, for not more than ten years, or both, in the discretion of the
Court; provided that all actions or prosecutions hereunder shall be com-
menced within two years after the commission of said offense.

1937, ch. 439.

43. No person shall refuse to testify concerning the crime of conspir-
ing to commit any of the offenses set forth in Section 27 of this Article, sub-
title "Bribery", or set forth under the sub-title "Gaming" of this Article or
set forth under the sub-title "Lotteries" of this Article, and any person
shall be a competent witness and compellable to testify against any person
or persons who may have conspired to commit any of the aforesaid offenses,
provided that any person so compelled to testify in behalf of the State in
any such case, shall be exempt from prosecution, trial and punishment
for any and all such crimes and offenses of which such person so testifying
may have been guilty or a participant or a conspirator therein and about
which he was so compelled to testify.

Convict Made Goods.

1937, ch. 17.

44. No goods, wares or merchandise manufactured or produced, wholly
or in part, or mined by convicts or prisoners of other States, Territories or
the District of Columbia, except convicts or prisoners on parole or proba-
tion, shall be shipped into this State to be sold on the open market, or
sold to, or exchange with, an institution of this State or with any of its
political divisions. Any person, firm, association or corporation violating