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SUTTON v. CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, COMMONWEALTH OF PA.

No. 68 Civ. 1893.

286 F.Supp. 143 (1968)

William SUTTON, Petitioner, v. CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, the COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, its agents, servants and employees, Respondents.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

June 28, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Katherine Bitses and Joan Harness, Astoria, N. Y., for petitioner.

Arlen Specter, Dist. Atty. of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa., for respondent; by Joel S. Moldovsky, Philadelphia, Pa., of counsel.

OPINION

POLLACK, District Judge.

This is a motion to enjoin enforcement of a warrant of arrest issued by out-of-state authorities on crimes committed in Pennsylvania. Petitioner is presently in custody in the Men's House of Detention in the Bronx, New York.

In 1934, the petitioner was convicted of bank robbery, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and was sentenced to a term of from 25 to 50 years in prison. On February 10, 1947, while serving this sentence...

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