Casey v. Warden of Maryland Penitentiary

This is an application for leave to appeal from the denial of a writ of habeas corpus by Judge Charles C. Marbury in the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County. Judge Marbury denied the writ because the application was based upon the same reasons contained in an applica tion previously made to Judge John T. Tucker of the Supreme Bench of Baltimore.

On February 15, 1949, while the applicant was serving a four-year sentence for larceny in the Baltimore City Jail, he attempted to escape from that institution. He was tried in the Criminal Court of Baltimore, was found guilty of an attempt to…