Friedel v. Warden of Maryland Penitentiary

John B. Friedel is applying here for leave to appeal from denial of a writ of habeas corpus.

Petitioner was convicted by the Criminal Court of Baltimore on March 12, 1954, on the charge of obtaining money by false pretenses. He was sentenced to imprisonment in the Maryland Penitentiary for the term of two years.

Petitioner complains that the Court refused to appoint an attorney to defend him at his trial. It is an established rule that the burden is on the petitioner to allege facts tending to show that for want of counsel an ingredient of unfairness operated actively in the process that…