State Ex Rel. De Lisle v. Warden of Maryland Penitentiary

The petitioner, James De Lisle, was convicted on a charge of violating the narcotic laws and sentenced to serve five years in the Maryland Penitentiary. He is applying for leave to appeal from a denial of the writ of habeas corpus by Judge Manley of the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City.

The following complaints aré set out by the petitioner: (1) that he was tried and convicted without benefit of counsel; (2) that the evidence used against him was secured by an illegal search and seizure; (3) that the narcotic which he was charged with using had been prescribed by a medical doctor; and (4) that…