Cave v. Superintendent of State Reformatory for Males

This is an application for leave to appeal from the refusal of a writ of habeas corpus by Judge Bailey, of the Circuit Court for Wicomico County.

The reason contained in the applicant’s petition for the writ is that he is restrained of his liberty (he is now confined in the Maryland State Reformatory for Males) in violation of the constitutions of the State of Maryland and of the United States.

In his brief he states when he was called to trial he protested that he was not given a preliminary hearing (although he was regularly indicted by the Grand Jury for Baltimore City); that Judge Manley,…