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COM. ex rel. TOTH v. MARONEY

421 Pa. 557 (1966)

Commonwealth ex rel. Toth, Appellant, v. Maroney.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

June 24, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George Toth, appellant, in propria persona.

Edwin J. Martin, Assistant District Attorney, and Robert W. Duggan, District Attorney, for appellee.

Before BELL, C.J., MUSMANNO, JONES, EAGEN, O'BRIEN and ROBERTS, JJ.

OPINION BY MR. CHIEF JUSTICE BELL, June 24, 1966:

This is an appeal from the Order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County which, after a hearing, discharged relator's petition for a writ of habeas corpus.

The relator, George Toth, was accused of murdering his wife by plunging a knife into her back before two witnesses. After the killing, but on that same day, he was arrested by the police and signed a confession...

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