UNITED STATES v. COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA

Civ. A. No. 62-627.

214 F.Supp. 913 (1963)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Charles WATKINS v. COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, and James F. Maroney, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution, Pittsburgh 33, Pennsylvania.

United States District Court W. D. Pennsylvania.

March 8, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Watkins, pro se.

Paul Andrew Village, Duquesne, Pa., for defendant.


ROSENBERG, District Judge.

The relator, Charles Watkins, is now imprisoned in the State Correctional Institution at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He filed a petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus to test whether or not he was being unlawfully deprived of his freedom.

Pursuant to the petition filed in this Court on August 9, 1962, a rule issued to show cause why a writ of habeas corpus should not be granted, permission was given the petitioner to proceed in forma...

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