Case Name: STATE OF MARYLAND VS. MAX WAYS
Court: Baltimore City Criminal Court
Jurisdiction: Maryland
Decision Date: 1911-03-02
Citations: 3 Balt. C. Rep. 129
Docket Number: 
Parties: STATE OF MARYLAND VS. MAX WAYS.
Judges: 
Reporter: Baltimore city reports, comprising opinions of the various courts of Baltimore city since 1888...
Volume: 3
Pages: 129–130

Head Matter:
CRIMINAL COURT OF BALTIMORE CITY.
Filed March 2, 1911.
STATE OF MARYLAND VS. MAX WAYS.
State’s Attorney A. N. J. Oioens for the State.
Bernard Garter, Charles H. Carter and Wm. Shepard Bryan for the traverser.

Opinion:
HARLAN, J.—
I liave carefully considered the allegations of the traverser's petition, filed in this case, asking that the indictment he quashed and set aside, and have weighed the grounds urged in the very able argument made by his counsel, in support of the same, but I am of the opinion that not only the weight of authority, but of reason is against allowing such an inquiry as is here sought to be made into the proceedings before the Grand Jury which found the indictment.
No precedent in the whole history of criminal procedure in our State has been produced in its support, and I am satisfied that greater public mischief than benefit would result from its introduction.
The petition will be dismissed and the motion to quash overruled.