Legal Opinion
Superintendent of Maryland State Reformatory for Males v. Calman
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided December 10, 1953No. [No. 49, October Term, 1953.]PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSobeloff, C. J.
We granted the application of the Superintendent of the Maryland State Reformatory for Males for leave to appeal from an order discharging the appellee on habeas corpus primarily because the case involves an important question as to the scope of the writ of habeas corpus.
In June, 1951, when he was fourteen years old, Wallace Caiman was committed as a delinquent boy to Boys’ Village of Maryland, by Judge Moylan sitting in the Circuit Court of Baltimore City, Division of Juvenile Causes. The following March he ran away from Boys’ Village, using no weapons or violence, and committing no offense…
2Cases cited31 opinions
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3Cited by29 opinions
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