COM. ex rel. JOHNSON v. BURKE


173 Pa.Super. 105 (1953)

Commonwealth ex rel. Johnson, Appellant, v. Burke.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

January 20, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albert Johnson, appellant, in propria persona, submitted a brief.

Thomas M. Reed, Assistant District Attorney, Michael von Moschzisker, First Assistant District Attorney, and Richardson Dilworth, District Attorney, for appellee, submitted a brief.

Before RHODES, P.J., HIRT, RENO, DITHRICH, ROSS, ARNOLD and GUNTHER, JJ.


OPINION BY GUNTHER, J., January 20, 1953:

Petitioner in this habeas corpus matter appeals from the dismissal of his petition and urges six reasons why he was denied due process of law. He had been tried by a judge without a jury in 1948 and was sentenced to 2½ to 5 years on the charge of aggravated assault and battery with intent to ravish and to 5 to 10 years on a charge of sodomy. The order will be affirmed.

There is no merit to appellant's first contention...

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