Jacobs v. Maryland

Minnie Jacobs, the appellant, was convicted of murder in the second degree in the Criminal Court of Baltimore, Judge Meyer M. Cardin presiding with a jury. She was sentenced to ten years under the jurisdiction of the Maryland Department of Correction. She contends that the trial transcript is inadequate; that the trial court erred in qualifying a six year old child as a competent witness; that the instructions were ""incomprehensible""; and that the evidence was insufficient to support the verdict.