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COM. ex rel. BARBER v. CAVELL

191 Pa.Super. 448 (1959)

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

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

December 17, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William S. Barber, appellant, in propria persona, submitted a brief.

No brief was submitted on behalf of the Commonwealth, appellee.

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

OPINION BY ERVIN, J., December 17, 1959:

This is an appeal from the order of the court below refusing a writ of habeas corpus to a prisoner. The appellant was charged with arson in four indictments containing nineteen counts. On June 18, 1953 a commission reported to the court: "That they find that the said Wm. Barber is in fact insane and is in such condition as to make it necessary that he be cared for in a hospital for mental diseases. That the facts upon which...

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