Holtman v. Warden of Maryland House of Correction

This is an application by Donald Theodore Holtman for leave to appeal from the denial of a writ of habeas corpus.

Petitioner was convicted on the third count of an indictment for larceny of an automobile and sentenced on April 27, 1954, to not more than four years from April 4, 1954, in the Reformatory for Males. He was later moved to the Maryland House of Correction. Petitioner contends that he was the innocent passenger in an automobile not driven by him; that the people who were driving the automobile were not arrested. He claims that the arresting officer had some interest in the other…