Ferree v. Douglas

Keller, P. J.,

Opinion by

Separate appeals .were .taken to this court from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Westmoreland County dismissing a joint petition for writ of habeas corpus filed by seventeen persons held in the county jail of Westmoreland County, who had been individually convicted and sentenced by the Mayor of the City of Jeannette for violation of a city ordinance.

The errors in the institution of this proceeding, in the tcaption of the ¡suit, and on the .hearing before the court, illustrate the danger of attorneys from outside jurisdictions, who are not familiar with our…