Belch v. Raymond

This is an application for habeas corpus by an inmate of the Maryland State Reformatory for Males, made to Judge Frederick Lee Cobourn of the Third Judicial Circuit. Judge Cobourn denied the application, from which denial petitioner asks leave to appeal here.

Belch was sentenced June 11, 1946, to a term of eight years in the Maryland State Penitentiary. After serving three years, he was transferred to the Maryland State Reformatory for Males without a court order and against his will. He contends that the Reformatory is for those receiving indeterminate sentences and as he has no such…