Atwood v. Warden of Maryland House of Correction

This is an appeal from an action of the Baltimore City Court in remanding the petitioner to the custody of the Warden of the Maryland House of Correction after a hearing on a writ of habeas corpus.

The petitioner alleges that he was convicted on four charges of contributing to the delinquency of minors without indictment by the grand jury. The record shows that petitioner was tried on warrants and represented by counsel. No indictment was required in those cases. Acts of 1943, Chapter 818, Sections 420 (C) and 420 (E); Fisher v. Swenson, Warden, 192 Md. 717, 64 A. 2d 124.

The record in the case…