State Ex Rel. Harmon v. Superintendent, Maryland State Reformatory for Males

Charles Harmon, who was sentenced by the Criminal Court of Baltimore to the Maryland State Reformatory for Males, applies here for leave to appeal from a refusal of a writ of habeas corpus.

Petitioner alleges that he was arrested in one of the parks of Baltimore for improper conduct in violation of a rule of the Board of Park Commissioners, for which the penalty was a fine of not more than $50; but that when the park police arrived, the complaining witness declared that he had been robbed. Petitioner further alleges that he was taken to the Northern Police Station, and after a preliminary…