State v. Monfred

The indictment in this case contains eight counts, each charging Robert Monfred and Bernard Caltrider, of Baltimore, with a violation of the statute forbidding the sale and other use of obscene publications. Code, 1939, Art. 27, Sec. 495.

An indictment for a statutory offense is sufficient if it follow's the language of the statute, and is sufficiently specific to inform the accused of the particular charge on which he is to be tried. State v. Coblentz, 167 Md. 523, 529, 175 A. 340; Richardson v. State, 175 Md. 216, 200 A. 362; State v. Petrushansky, 182 Md. 164, 36 A. 2d 533, 537. We find no…