State v. Coblentz

This is the second time this case has been here on demurrer.167 Md. 523, 175 A. 340. In the former appeal it was held that the indictment was legally sufficient, the judgment on demurrer reversed, and the case remanded for further proceedings. A plea of res judicata had been filed by the defendant, but on appeal it was not considered by this court because it was not ruled on by the trial court. Code, art. 5, sec. 10. When the case went back to the Criminal Court of Baltimore City, the defendant filed an amended plea of res judicata, to which the State demurred, and from a judgment on demurrer…