OPINION BY ERVIN, J., January 14, 1955:
Relator, who is confined in the Western State Penitentiary, serving a sentence for robbery, filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus in the Court of Common Pleas of Erie County on June 8, 1954. In his petition he averred that "he was ushered into a Library within the Erie Court House, locked within during the entire selection of the jury." A rule was granted and an answer was filed by the District Attorney of Erie County....
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