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COM. ex rel. SAVOR v. JOHNSTON

189 Pa.Super. 640 (1959)

Commonwealth ex rel. Savor, Appellant, v. Johnston.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

June 10, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marjorie Hanson Matson, for appellant.

William Claney Smith, Assistant District Attorney, with him Edward C. Boyle, District Attorney, for appellee.

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

OPINION BY WOODSIDE, J., June 10, 1959:

This is an appeal from the refusal of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County to grant a writ of habeas corpus to Peter G. Savor, a prisoner in Rock-view State Penitentiary.

Savor, James Clegg, and Joseph Reese were indicted in the Court of Oyer and Terminer of Allegheny County on a charge of armed robbery. Reese pleaded guilty and was a witness for the prosecution at the trial of Savor and Clegg. He testified...

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