Legal Opinion
Commonwealth Ex Rel. Mattox v. Superintendent of County Prison
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided March 9, 1943No. Appeal, 318PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Keller, P. J.;
This is an appeal by the Superintendent of the Philadelphia County Prison, on behalf of the Commonwealth, from an order of the Court of Quarter Sessions of Philadelphia County discharging from custody Thomas Mattox, the petitioner for a writ of habeas corpus, on his entering bail in -the sum of $200 for his appearance when wanted.
Mattox, a colored -boy, sixteen years old on July 11, 1942, when his 'alleged crime was committed, was arrested by virtue of a warrant issued by the Governor of this Commonwealth pursuant to a request for his extradition by the Governor of the…
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