Farley v. Warden of Maryland Penitentiary

Farley was indicted on February 4, 1953, for two separate assaults with intent to murder, one on a police officer, Marion McLellan, and one on another officer, Arthur Harris. Indictments against him were also found in two different larcenies and an attempted larceny. Counsel of Farley’s choice *648was retained and trial was had before Judge W. Conwell Smith in the Criminal Court of Baltimore. Farley was found guilty (he had pleaded guilty to the attempted larceny) on all indictments except one of the assaults, and was sentenced to a total of fifteen and a half years in the penitentiary.

He…