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UNITED STATES v. CAVELL

Civ. No. 17415.

171 F.Supp. 417 (1959)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Roy HELWIG, Petitioner, v. Angelo C. CAVELL, Warden Western State Penitentiary, Pittsburgh 33, Pennsylvania, Respondent.

United States District Court W. D. Pennsylvania.

March 2, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roy Helwig, pro se.

Richard D. Agresti, Asst. Dist. Atty., Erie, Pa., for respondent.

MARSH, District Judge.

In his petition and supplemental petition for writ of habeas corpus, relator, a convicted state prisoner, averred that evidence favorable to him had been suppressed by the prosecution; and that he was convicted of a charge of burglary and larceny on false and fraudulent evidence and perjured testimony given by his former wife and certain witnesses for the prosecution.1 He averred that this spurious testimony was...

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