Martucci v. Warden of Maryland House of Correction

This is an application for leave to appeal from a denial of a writ of habeas corpus by Judge Herman Moser, of the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City.

At the hearing, the petitioner claimed that when he was tried in September, 1952 for violation of the narcotic laws, he was not represented by counsel and that he could not afford counsel of his own choosing. He admits that he did not request the Court to appoint counsel. In this Court, he complains also that the testimony of the Police Officer, which was produced against him, was not true.

The petitioner’s complaint is not that he was denied…