Kohnen v. Warden of Maryland Penitentiary

This is an application of Joseph Frank Kohnen, Jr., for leave to appeal from the refusal of a writ of habeas corpus by Judge Murray of the Circuit Court for Baltimore County.

Petitioner, who is confined in the Maryland Penitentiary under a conviction by the Criminal Court of Baltimore, alleges that at the time the crimes of which, he was convicted were committed he was a fugitive from Spring Grove State Hospital, an institution for mental patients, having been committed there by order of Court after an examination by two psychiatrists. He says that it was not until after the crimes were…