BREEDING v. STATE

[No. 251, September Term, 1958.]

220 Md. 193 (1959)

151 A.2d 743

BREEDING v. STATE

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided June 8, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marvin H. Smith for the appellant.

Stedman Prescott, Jr., Deputy Attorney General, with whom were C. Ferdinand Sybert, Attorney General, and James Owen Knotts, State's Attorney for Caroline County, on the brief, for the appellee.

The cause was argued before BRUNE, C.J., and HENDERSON, HAMMOND and PRESCOTT, JJ.


HENDERSON, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

The appellant was indicted for the murder of Ruth Ellen Cannon on or about June 28, 1958. He was tried before three judges, sitting without a jury, convicted, and sentenced to life imprisonment. The chief question presented is whether the evidence supports the conviction.

Mrs. Cannon was last seen by her husband at about 12:35 P.M. on Saturday, June 28, when he left home, after lunch, to return to work. When...

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