Roberts v. Warden of Maryland Penitentiary

In this case, we granted an application for leave to appeal from the denial of' a writ of habeas corpus and appointed counsel to aid appellant in the presentation of the appeal.

' While the appellant was at liberty on a suspended sentence, the Grand Jury of Baltimore returned five separate indictments against him in which he was charged, respectively, with being a rogue and a vagabond, with assault on a named police officer, with assault on another named police officer, possession of a deadly weapon, and theft of an automobile. Each of the assault indictments contained three counts, charging,…