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COM. EX REL. v. POLICE COMMISSIONER

No. 2879.

21 Pa. D. & C. 2d 591 (1960)

Commonwealth ex rel. Johnson v. Police Commissioner of Philadelphia

Common Pleas Court of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.

April 11, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles W. Bowser, Curtis C. Carson, A. Leon Higginbotham and Cecil B. Moore, for relator.

Thomas Shiomos, for Commonwealth.

Bernard L. Lemisch, amicus curiae and for Fraternal Order of Police.

Isadore H. Bellis, amicus curiae and for Fraternal Order of Police and arresting officers individually.

ALEXANDER, J., April 11, 1960.

This matter is before the court upon relator's petition for a writ of habeas corpus.

Relator, A. Benjamin Johnson, a member of the Philadelphia bar, was arrested on February 10, 1960, by two Philadelphia police officers. Following a preliminary hearing on February 11 and 12, 1960, relator was held for court on the charges of interfering with a police officer and breach of the peace.

At the close of the preliminary hearing...

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