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COM. ex rel. DUNN v. RUCH

380 Pa. 152 (1955)

Commonwealth ex rel. Dunn, Appellant, v. Ruch.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

January 3, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonidas A. Allen, with him Bullock & Allen, for appellant.

Victor Wright, Assistant District Attorney, with him Samuel Dash and Michael von Moschzisker, First Assistant District Attorneys and Richardson Dilworth, District Attorney, for appellee.

Before STERN, C.J., STEARNE, JONES, BELL, CHIDSEY, MUSMANNO and ARNOLD, JJ.

OPINION PER CURIAM, January 3, 1955:

In 1949, the relator, John W. Dunn, was convicted in the State of Georgia of two crimes of burglary and was sentenced to imprisonment for a period of six years on each offense, the sentences to be served consecutively. He escaped from prison in August, 1951. In January, 1954, he was arrested in Philadelphia and a warrant for his extradition was issued by the Governor of Pennsylvania upon the requisition of the Governor of Georgia...

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