Legal Opinion
Stens v. Ashe
District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania
Decided September 23, 1949No. 159PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOURLEY, .District Judge.
This proceeding involves application for leave to file in forma pauperis petition for writ of habeas corpus, and the issuance of a rule thereon to show cause why the petitioner should not be discharged from the custody of the law. Legal counsel has been appointed for said petitioner.
In passing upon the merits of the petition, in addition to the oral hearings, the Court has considered the allegations in the pleadings and has taken judicial notice of the records in the Court of Quarter Sessions of Butler County, Pennsylvania, the records in the Court of Common Pleas of…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Ex Parte HawkSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Anderson v. CorallSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. O'Leary v. Ashe, WardenSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1943
3Cited by2 opinions
- United States ex rel. Gomori v. MaroneyDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1961
- Commonwealth ex rel. Galascewski v. Myers, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Luzerne County1961