Smith v. State

The appellants, Smith and Harrison, were jointly indicted on a charge of robbery with a deadly weapon. They were tried together in the Criminal Court of Baltimore by the court, sitting without a jury, and both were convicted.

The appellant Smith claims that no verdict was rendered in the case. The record extract (page 33) and the docket entries show this contention to be untrue, and that a verdict of “guilty on the first count” was pronounced by the court.

The only other point raised by the appellants is a claim that the evidence was insufficient to justify their conviction.

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