Truelove v. Warden of Maryland House of Correction

This is an application by Claude Truelove to appeal from a denial of his writ of habeas corpus by the Circuit Court for Wicomico County.

Petitioner, an adult, was tried, convicted and sentenced to three years in the Reformatory by a magistrate of Anne Arundel County for assault and battery. He grounds his application upon the fact that he was tried without counsel and was not advised that it was his responsibility to request counsel. He further avers that he was unacquainted with legal procedure, unable and unqualified to defend himself; that the failure to appoint counsel was in violation of…