Frazier v. Warden of Maryland Penitentiary

William T. Frazier was convicted by the Criminal Court of Baltimore on September 22, 1953, on the charge of receiving stolen goods and was sentenced to the Maryland Penitentiary for the period of eight years. He is applying here for leave to appeal from an order of Judge Moser remanding him to the Penitentiary after a hearing on a writ of habeas corpus.

First, petitioner complains because the Criminal Court failed to appoint an attorney to represent him at his trial. He testified at the hearing before Judge Moser that he was 54 years old and had been convicted five or six times. It does not…