Ahern v. Warden of Maryland House of Correction

This is an application for leave to appeal from the denial of a writ of habeas corpus. Petitioner was tried, on a charge of violating the narcotics law, before the court without a jury, found guilty and sentenced to two years. The case was appealed to this court where various alleged errors in the trial were reviewed and the judgment affirmed. Clark et al. v. State, 202 Md. 133, 96 A. 2d 253.

Petitioner now raises the point that he was deprived of his right to a jury trial. He alleges that his lawyer, of his own selection, waived a jury trial without his knowledge or consent; that when the…