COM. ex rel. MARELIA v. BURKE


366 Pa. 124 (1950)

Commonwealth ex rel. Marelia v. Burke, Warden.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

September 25, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John B. Burns, with him John J. Speese, for relator.

James W. Tracey, Jr., First Assistant District Attorney, with him John H. Maurer, District Attorney, for Commonwealth.

Before DREW, C.J., STERN, STEARNE, JONES and BELL, JJ.


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE BELL, September 25, 1950:

Relator filed in this Court a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. A rule to show cause was granted and counsel was appointed to represent the relator. Answers were filed to the petition by the District Attorney and the Warden; relator's counsel filed a supplemental petition, to which the District Attorney filed an answer; and the case was ordered for oral argument before this Court, briefs being filed by counsel for...

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