O'Donnell v. State

The appellants were charged in two indictments brought by the Grand Jury of Baltimore City with obtaining money by false pretenses and with conspiracy to obtain such money. They were tried jointly before a jury in the Criminal Court of Baltimore City and both were found guilty. On a motion for new trial heard by the Supreme Bench of Baltimore, O’Donnell was granted a new trial on the false pretenses charge, but not on the conspiracy charge. Sanner was denied a new trial on both charges. Subsequently, both were sentenced, and from the judgment of sentence appealed here. They were represented…