Humphries v. Peppersack

CHESNUT, District Judge.

This is another petition by a Maryland State pri^pner for the issuance of the writ of habeas corpus by this United States District Court.

On February 19, 1957, the petitioner, Vernon Humphries, addressed a brief petition to Chief Judge Thomsen of this court for the issuance of a writ of habeas corpus. He stated at that time that he had been refused the issuance of the writ by a Maryland State Judge and by the Maryland Court of Appeals. The writ was refused by Judge Thomsen on the ground that the petitioner had not exhausted his remedies in the Maryland Courts by way of…