ARTHUR v. SCHOONFIELD

Civ. No. 70-834.

315 F.Supp. 548 (1970)

Marie B. ARTHUR et al. v. Hiram SCHOONFIELD, Warden.

United States District Court, D. Maryland.

July 23, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Millemann, Elsbeth L. Bothe, and Robert G. Fisher, Baltimore, Md., for petitioners.

Francis B. Burch, Atty. Gen. of Maryland, and Alfred J. O'Ferrall, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent.

Before THOMSEN and HARVEY, District Judges.


PER CURIAM.

This proceeding has been filed by 43 inmates of the Baltimore City Jail, who are serving sentences imposed by various judges of the Municipal Court of Baltimore City.

All have joined in a single petition seeking the issuance by this Court of a writ of habeas corpus. They allege that each petitioner was convicted in the Municipal Court and sentenced to a flat jail sentence, to be "suspended" upon the payment of a specified fine and court costs,...

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