Harley 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 convicted of operating a lottery and possession of number slips, in a trial before the court in Montgomery County, sitting without a jury, and sentenced to three years and six months, respectively, the sentences to run consecutively. He contends that he was deprived of his constitutional right against self-incrimination, in that a police officer volunteered a statement that the accused had “informed us that he had been arrested for an alleged gambling violation about three years previous to…