EGAN, District Judge.
George Leon, a prisoner at the Pennsylvania Eastern State Penitentiary, petitioned this Court for the issuance of a writ of habeas corpus. The District Attorney of Philadelphia County filed an answer. The matter was heard in open court on the petition, answer, and briefs and arguments of counsel for the respective parties.
On May 11, 1946, the petitioner was arrested for three offenses of armed robbery in Pennsylvania, two of which were...
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