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COM. ex rel. NICHOLS v. LEDERER

193 Pa.Super. 482 (1960)

Commonwealth ex rel. Nichols, Appellant, v. Lederer.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

November 16, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel Dash, with him Dash & Levy, for appellant.

Thomas M. Reed, Assistant District Attorney, with him Charles L. Durham and Domenick Vitullo, Assistant District Attorneys, and Paul M. Chalfin, First Assistant District Attorney, and Victor H. Blanc, District Attorney, for appellee.

Before GUNTHER, WRIGHT, WOODSIDE, ERVIN, WATKINS, and MONTGOMERY, JJ. (RHODES, P.J., absent).

OPINION BY MONTGOMERY, J., November 16, 1960:

This appeal from the dismissal of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus involves two main questions: (a) the right of appeal and (b) the legality of 42 indictments on which appellant claims he is being illegally detained.

Appellant is a Bishop in the African Methodist Episcopal Church, in which capacity he is charged in the indictments with having misappropriated funds. They charge various crimes, viz., embezzlement...

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