Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-07

relative, who represented the
Second Appellate Circuit.
The circuit is now represented
by Associate Judge Hall Ham
mond, Baltimore County Dem
ocrat who was Attorney General,
but without bench experience.
when Republican Gov. McKeldin
elevated him to the post vacated
by Judge Ogle Marbury in 1852.
Judge Hammond also is a can
didate this year. He filed in
January.
Judge Charles Marbury's can
didacy means that for the first
time since Maryland's Constitu-
ton was amended in 1914 voters
of Hartford. Baltimore. Anne
Arundel, Prince Georges, Calvert.
Charles and ST. Marys Counties
will have an opportunity to select
the member of the Appeals Court
from this circuit. The term is for
Is years.
Statement BY Marbury.
In statement announcing his
candidacy, Judge Marbury said:
II find there is widespread
feeling on the part of judges,
lawyers and the general public
that the membership Of the high
est court of this State should, as
far as practicable. be composed
of men who have judicial expert
ence in the trial courts in the
hearing of cases and with per-
sonal knowledge of conditions
surrounding their actual trial.
such experience cannot be
derived from books alone, but
must come from actual service
on the bench. This, I have en-
joyed for nearly 1872 years.
Before the adoption of the Bond
Amendment to the Constitution
in 1914. the principle of pro-
noting judges from the trial
courts was not so important be-
cause prior to that time the
Court of Appeals was made up
of the Chief Judges of the va
rious county circuits, who
brought with them to that court
actual knowledge of trial condi-
tionS. Now appellate Judges
have no trial duties.
Checked With Judge Gray.
I'm recent months, various
members of the Judiciary, the
Bar, and members of the general
public have agreed thaS I be a
candidate for the appellate
judgeship. Before making any
decision concerning this, I dis
cussed this possibility with Chief
Judge Gray of the Seventh Ju-
dicial Circuit. with whom have
been associated on the bench
throughout the last IL years,
and was assured by him that he
did not intend to become a can
didate for the appellate judge
ship.
II feel that this long and va
ried experience in public service
has earned me the confidence
and respect of the people and
juStifies the submission of my
candidacy for the nominations
to membership on the Court of
Appeals"
Judge Marbury, a member Of
Maryland and District Bars since
his graduation from Georgetown
University Law School in 1925,
was appointed to his present post
in 1941 by former Gov. Herbert
R. O'Conor.
He has decided many impor-
tant cases and has seldom been
overruled. One of his findings
invalidated an act legalizing slot
machines in Prince Georges
County after the measure had
been approved in a referendum
in 1949.
A descendant of Francis Mar
bury, who came to Maryland in
the 1600s. Judge Marbury owns
and operates three Prince
Georges County tobacco farms.
In World War I he served two
years overseas. He holds de-
grees from Johns Hopkins and
Georgetown Universities.
Since 1945. Judge Marbury
has been a member of the APP
peals Court Standing Committee
on Rules. For the last 10 years,
he has been chairman of a
county Selective Service Board.
He is a veStryman and warden
of Trinity Episcopal Church,
Upper Marlboro.
Judge Marbury in 1927 mar
ried Kathryn Worthington Lam
caster of Boston. They live in
the home near Upper Marlboro
where the judge was born. Judge
and Mrs. Marbury have one
daughter.