State Ex Rel. Minter v. Warden of Maryland House of Correction

This is an application for leave to appeal from refusal of a writ of habeas corpus.

Nowhere in the record is it stated what the crime was. for which the applicant was sentenced. In his order for appeal to this court he prays “That a copy of the ‘transcribe’ in the case of Oliver E. Minter versus the State of Maryland for forgery” be sent to this court. From this we suppose he was tried, convicted and sentenced for the crime of forgery. The petitioner says: “When Judge Dickerson of the Baltimore City Court, sentenced your Petitioner to serve five (5) years” he abridged petitioner’s rights and…