Hirons v. Warden of Maryland Penitentiary

This is an application for leave to appeal from the denial of a writ of habeas corpus. This Court has on four previous occasions denied applications by this petitioner for leave to appeal, reported in 196 Md. 679, 198 Md. 662, 201 Md. 652, and 203 Md. 670. In at least two of these applications the point was raised as to the legality of his transfer from the State Reformatory for Males to the Maryland Penitentiary, under the following circumstances: the petitioner was sentenced on May 15, 1949, by the late Judge France, to terms totalling six years in the State Reformatory for assault with…