COM. ex rel. HUDSON v. BURKE


175 Pa.Super. 241 (1954)

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

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

March 16, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benjamin Hudson, appellant, in propria persona.

A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr., Samuel Dash, Assistant District Attorneys, Michael von Moschzisker, First Assistant District Attorney and Richardson Dilworth, District Attorney, for appellee.

Before RHODES, P.J., HIRT, RENO, ROSS, GUNTHER, WRIGHT and WOODSIDE, JJ.


OPINION BY WOODSIDE, J., March 16, 1954:

Relator, Benjamin Hudson, filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County. After a hearing on the petition, at which the relator appeared, represented by counsel, the writ was refused. This appeal was then taken.

Relator is now serving a term of 35 to 70 years in the Eastern State Penitentiary for the crimes of armed...

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