State Ex Rel. Ambrose v. Warden of Maryland House of Correction

This is an application for leave to appeal from refusal of a writ of habeas corpus. Petitioner is imprisoned under consecutive sentences of one year in the penitentiary for forgery and one year in the House of Correction for false pretenses. Art. 27, sec. 152. He alleges that his sentence is unlawful because he was not indicted. The judge wrote petitioner that he had asked for a copy of the docket entries and on receipt of it would act on the petition. The docket entries and a copy of petitioner’s petition in the trial court show that he waived his right to indictments and trial by jury,…