Brooks v. Warden of Maryland Penitentiary

The application for leave to appeal from a denial of the writ of habeas corpus is denied, with costs.

Judge Day, of the Circuit Court for Harford County, properly ruled the applicant was not entitled to the writ applied for, but he assigned no reasons for his action other than by pointing out that the applicant was in error because he was not only given an opportunity to obtain counsel but was actually represented by counsel at his trial in the Criminal Court of Baltimore (Smith, C. J.).

With regard to the other reasons assigned by the applicant for granting the writ, we have repeatedly held…