Williams v. Warden of Maryland Penitentiary

This is an application for leave to appeal from the denial of a writ of habeas corpus. Petitioner was convicted on July 27, 1953, of larceny and housebreaking and sentenced to five years in the Penitentiary. He complains that the trial court made “disparaging remarks” in charging the jury, and there was insufficient evidence to convict him. As we have repeatedly said, it is not the function of a court, on application for habeas corpus, to review alleged errors or irregularities, which can be reviewed on appeal, and do not go to the fundamental jurisdiction to try the accused. Nor can the…