Bowie v. Warden, 60 A.2d 185

This is an application for leave to appeal from refusal of a writ of ‍​​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‍habeas corpus. Jackson v. Warden of Maryland House of Correction, 190 Md. 717, 60 A.2d 179, just decided.

Petitioner is imprisoned under sentence for life for rape. He alleges that ‍​​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‍he was illegally arrested without a warrant and held for two days before charges were placed against him and that the court erroneously admitted evidence (not stated) “purporting to sustain” ‍​​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‍the accusations against him without “documentary proof“. Even if he was illegally arrested and held, he did not thereby obtain absolution from punishment when lawfully indicted, tried and convicted. Davis ‍​​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‍v. Brady, Warden, 188 Md. 113, 51 A.2d 827; Edmondson v. Brady, 188 Md. 96, 52 A.2d 96. Procedural details (not fundamental), including rulings on evidence, cannot be reviewed ‍​​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‍on habeas corpus. Olewiler v. Brady, 185 Md. 341, 344, 44 A.2d 807.

Application denied, without costs.

Case Details

Case Name: Bowie v. Warden

Court Name: Court of Appeals of Maryland

Date Published: Nov 13, 1947

Citations: 60 A.2d 185; 190 Md. 728; 1947 Md. LEXIS 382; [H.C. No. 10, October Term, 1947.]

Docket Number: [H.C. No. 10, October Term, 1947.]

Court Abbreviation: Md.