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UNITED STATES EX REL. TROWBRIDGE v. COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA

Civ. A. No. 11006.

112 F.Supp. 356 (1952)

UNITED STATES ex rel. TROWBRIDGE v. COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA et al.

United States District Court W. D. Pennsylvania.

December 18, 1952.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ezra C. Stiles, Jr., Pittsburgh, Pa., for petitioner.

MARSH, District Judge.

Robert Trowbridge filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus and requested leave to proceed in forma pauperis. We ordered the petition filed in forma pauperis, issued a rule to show cause upon the Warden, and directed the District Attorney of Beaver County, Pennsylvania, to answer the allegations of the petition.

The petitioner alleges that the police of Beaver County forced him to sign a confession after severely beating him. He further...

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