Bowie v. Warden of Maryland Penitentiary

This is an application for leave to appeal from refusal of a writ of habeas corpus. Jackson v. Warden of Maryland House of Correction, 190 Md. 717, 60 A. 2d 179, just decided.

Petitioner is imprisoned under sentence for life for rape. He alleges that he was illegally arrested without a warrant and held for two days before charges were placed against him and that the court erroneously ad*729miited evidence (not stated) “purporting to sustain” the accusations against him without “documentary proof”. Even if he was illegally arrested and held, he did not thereby obtain absolution from punishment when…