Knox v. State

The appellants Knox and Hamm were indicted for armed robbery. Knox pleaded guilty and Hamm not guilty. Hamm was convicted and the conviction was sustained by this Court. Hamm v. State, 233 Md. 248. In Knox’s appeal we ordered a reargument.

Knox pleaded guilty and, before sentence, was called by the State as a witness against Hamm. In Hamm’s case the State proved that there was a robbery of a Western Union branch. Mrs. Euttman testified that a man she identified as Knox, accompanied by another man (Batman) entered the office where she was employed and at pistol point compelled her to lie on the…