Creager v. Warden of Maryland House of Correction

This is an application by Kenneth C. Creager for leave to appeal from the denial of a writ of habeas corpus by Chief Judge Emory H. Niles of the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City.

The docket entries in this case show that petitioner pleaded guilty in the Circuit Court for Frederick County to two charges of forgery, and in each case he was informed of his right to have counsel appointed and freely waived that right. Petitioner was sentenced to three years in the Maryland House of Correction in one case, and in the other case to one year, said sentences to run consecutively from July 29, 1953.…