Robertson v. Warden of Maryland House of Correction

This is an application for leave to appeal from the denial of a writ of habeas corpus by Chief Judge Niles. Petitioner was convicted for violation of the narcotics law by Judge Tucker in the Criminal Court of Baltimore and sentenced on June 28, 1955, to four years in the House of Correction from March 24, 1955. The docket entries show that the indictment was in six counts, three of which charged possession of narcotics, heroin, or hypodermic needles, and three of which set up in addition a prior conviction in New' Jersey upon which sentence was suspended. The accused entered a plea of nolo…