Washington v. Warden of Maryland House of Correction

This is an application for leave to appeal from refusal of a writ of habeas corpus by Benjamin H. Washington, confined in the Maryland House of Correction on conviction for larceny.

He alleges that his rights were abridged because he is innocent of the charge, because the statute of limitation had expired as to his crime, and because of the incompetency of the attorney who represented him in failing to obtain witneses.

Of course, the question of guilt or innocence and the sufficiency of the evidence cannot be retried on habeas corpus. Olewiler v. Brady, 185 Md. 341, 344, 44 A. 2d 807; Bernard…