Habeas corpus applications, 1947-1958.

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Habeas corpus applications, 1947-1958.

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Applications for writs of habeas corpus (i.e., appeals for deliverence from illegal confinement) filed by incarcerated persons with the Court's response. Related to the Habeas Corpus Opinions series [MSA S0384]. Arranged chronologically by court term and case number.

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Maryland State Archives

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Maryland (Colony). Court of Appeals.

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Maryland. Court of Appeals

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The Court of Appeals was established in 1694 by a commission sent with royal governor Francis Nicholson. Prior to 1681, the Governor and members of the Council, who constituted the upper house of the Assembly, exercised appellate jurisdiction much as the House of Lords in England. Appeals were not uncommon, despite the fact that the Governor and Council also sat as the judges of the Provincial Court where the appealed cases originated. This redundancy and questions about the legal r...