CORNISH v. STATE

[No. 68, September Term, 1957.]

215 Md. 64 (1957)

137 A.2d 170

CORNISH v. STATE

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided December 16, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Irvin S. Friedman, with whom was Fred Oken on the brief, for appellant.

Clayton A. Dietrich, Assistant Attorney General, with whom were C. Ferdinand Sybert, Attorney General, Frank H. Newell, III, State's Attorney for Baltimore County, and Douglas G. Bottom. Assistant State's Attorney, on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before BRUNE, C.J., and HENDERSON, HAMMOND, PRESCOTT and HORNEY, JJ.


HAMMOND, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

Charles Cornish appeals from judgment and sentence that followed his conviction of the crime of possession of lottery slips. The Baltimore County police suspected that Cornish was engaging in lottery operations. By a happy coincidence (for them), they received an official teletype bulletin from the Department of Motor Vehicles, revealing that Cornish's driver's license had been revoked, as well as his date of birth...

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