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Com. Ex Rel. Cody v. Smith, Warden

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided May 24, 1937No. 334, Miscellaneous Docket 6PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Barnes,

Martin P. Cody, who is now imprisoned in the Penitentiary for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1 has filed this petition for a writ of habeas corpus, averring that he is being “. . . unlawfully restrained and deprived of his liberty.”

On the night of September 26, 1924, Cody entered a store in Allegheny County and stole therefrom twelve coats and fifteen suits of clothes. On December 5, 1924, he was tried and found guilty of felonious entry and larceny, and was sentenced by the Quarter Sessions Court of Allegheny County to pay a fine of six and a quarter…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Commonwealth v. Dolinak, Etc.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1925

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Commonwealth Ex Rel. O'Leary v. Ashe, WardenSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1943
  2. Com. Ex Rel. Arnold v. Ashe, WardenSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1944
  3. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Collins v. AsheSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1946
  4. United States ex rel. Collins v. AsheDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1948
  5. United States ex rel. Collins v. WardenDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1952

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