Bryant v. Warden of Maryland Penitentiary

This is the second time that James Otis Bryant has applied here for leave to appeal from refusal of a writ of habeas corpus.

In April, 1949, petitioner was convicted by the Criminal Court of Baltimore on the charge of robbery with a deadly weapon, and he was sentenced to the Maryland Penitentiary for the term of 20 years. He claims that he is being illegally deprived of his liberty because the police searched his home without a warrant on the night of January 29, 1949, and he was illegally arrested while he was in bed in his home. He says that immediately afterwards he was taken to the police…