Commonwealth ex rel. Butler v. Banmiller

Opinion

Pee Curiam,

The appellant was convicted by the verdict of a jury of murder in the first degree and the penalty was fixed at life imprisonment. He filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the Court of Common Pleas of Chester County, praying his discharge contending that he is illegally restrained because he was committed and is confined without due process of law. The writ was denied without hearing. A writ of certiorari issued.

*443We have studied carefully the record of the entire proceedings in the court below and each of the assignments of error submitted in regard thereto. We are…