MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
FULLAM, District Judge.
The relator was convicted of first degree murder in 1961 (Indictment No. 1062, Philadelphia County) and is serving a life sentence. He seeks habeas corpus relief on two grounds: (1) denial of his right of appeal and (2) an incident of possible improper influence on the jury in the course of the trial, and the failure of his counsel to confer privately with him in connection with the incident.
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