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COM ex rel. DAVIS v. RUCH

380 Pa. 155 (1955)

Commonwealth ex rel. Davis, Appellant, v. Ruch.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

January 3, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonidas A. Allen, with him Bullock & Allen, for appellant.

Victor Wright, Assistant District Attorney, with him Samuel Dash, First Assistant District Attorney, Michael von Moschzisker, First Assistant District Attorney, and Richardson Dilworth, District Attorney, for appellee.

Before STERN, C.J., STEARNE, JONES, BELL, CHIDSEY, MUSMANNO and ARNOLD, JJ.

OPINION PER CURIAM, January 3, 1955:

In 1930, the relator, Edward Davis, was convicted in the State of Georgia of the crime of murder. He was sentenced to imprisonment for life but escaped three times from prison; on the third escape he came to Philadelphia. The Governor of the State of Georgia having forwarded his demand for extradition to the Governor of Pennsylvania, the latter issued his warrant for relator's arrest and...

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