Hanson v. Warden of Maryland Penitentiary

This is an application for leave to appeal from an order of the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County, denying a writ of habeas corpus. Two previous applications to Judge Sayler in the Baltimore City Court were both denied.

Applicant was charged with storehouse breaking, larceny and receiving stolen goods, in the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County. He plead guilty, and after hearing was sentenced to serve a term of five years in the Maryland Penitentiary. He claims he plead guilty because a confession was obtained from him by a policeman under an understanding that he would not be…