COM. ex rel. KOENIG v. CAVELL


183 Pa.Super. 445 (1957)

Commonwealth ex rel. Koenig, Appellant, v. Cavell.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

June 11, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel Koenig, appellant, in propria persona.

Michael A. Hanna, District Attorney, with him P. Vincent Marino, First Assistant District Attorney, for appellee.

Before RHODES, P.J., HIRT, GUNTHER, WRIGHT, WOODSIDE, ERVIN, and WATKINS, JJ.


OPINION BY WRIGHT, J., June 11, 1957:

On August 27, 1956, Daniel Koenig, an inmate of the Western Penitentiary, petitioned the Court of Common Pleas of Washington County for a writ of habeas corpus. A rule was granted to show cause why the writ should not issue. Answers were filed by the district attorney and the warden of the penitentiary. On October 9, 1956, the rule was discharged and the writ refused. This appeal followed.

On October 27, 1955, a masked...

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