HOLLIDAY v. WARDEN, 198 Md. 667 (1951)

81 A.2d 56

HOLLIDAY v. WARDEN OF MARYLAND PENITENTIARY

[H.C. 42, October Term, 1950.]Court of Appeals of Maryland.
Decided May 23, 1951.

HABEAS CORPUS — Complaints As to Incidents of Prison Management. Habeas corpus is not a remedy for review of complaints about incidents of prison management, such as mistreatment, not being allowed to use own money to have attorney appointed or for support, holding up mail. p. 668

Decided May 23, 1951.

Habeas corpus proceeding by Malachi Holliday against Warden of Maryland Penitentiary. From a refusal of the writ, petitioner applied for leave to appeal.

Application denied.

Page 668

Before MARBURY, C.J., and DELAPLAINE, COLLINS, GRASON, HENDERSON and MARKELL, JJ.

COLLINS, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is petitioner’s fifth application for leave to appeal from refusals of writs of habeas corpus. Holliday v. Warden of Maryland House of Correction, 190 Md. 732, 59 A.2d 777 Holliday v. Warden of Maryland State Penitentiary, 191 Md. 763, 62 A.2d 573; Holliday v. Warden Maryland Penitentiary, 197 Md. 689, 80 A.2d 32; Holliday v. Warden of the Maryland Penitentiary, 198 Md. P. 651, 80 A.2d 608, No. 34 this term.

Petitioner alleges (1) that he has been mistreated in the penitentiary, (2) that he was not allowed to use his own money to have an attorney appointed for him or to use his own money to support himself, (3) that his important letters, appeal papers, and applications for writs have been held up by the authorities at the penitentiary.

These are the same grounds given in his previous application for leave to appeal, No. 34 this term, and for the reasons stated therein, his application will be denied.

Application denied, with costs.