Strahl v. Warden of Maryland Penitentiary

Nathan Strahl has applied here for leave to appeal from the refusal of a writ of habeas corpus.

Petitioner alleges that he was convicted by the Criminal Court of Baltimore on the charge of fraud for not paying a bill at the Lord Baltimore Hotel. He states that he was given a room in the hotel on March 5, 1953, at about 12:30 a.m., and that when he went out of the hotel that night for a walk he was arrested by the police on suspicion of robbery, and about that time the hotel brought a charge of fraud against him. He claims that he had personal property in his room amply sufficient to cover the…