READINGER, J., November 26, 1960.
Robert E. Bowen petitions the court for a writ of habeas corpus. He avers that he was taken into custody at Reading on September 10, 1959, and committed to the Berks County Prison on a charge of arson; that on November 5, 1959, he was brought before the Berks County court to answer this charge; that in ignorance and without counsel he signed the bill of indictment entering a plea of guilty, and, further, that throughout the proceedings...
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