Legal Opinion

Commonwealth ex rel. Drew v. Myers

Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County

Decided November 1, 1960No. 4; no. 1491Published

1Opinion of the Court

Waters, J.,

An appeal having been taken from the court’s action dismissing relator’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus, this opinion is *404filed in accordance with the mandate set forth in Superior Court Rule 43.

Relator’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus is difficult to follow. However, its central theme is directed to the subject of witnesses. It is averred that there was an insufficiency of evidence to sustain conviction; that the Commonwealth used fabricated testimony; that the trial judge abused his discretion in refusing to grant a continuance. Relator was tried before the Hon. Edward…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Marelia v. BurkeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1950
  2. Commonwealth Ex Rel. De Poe v. AsheSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1950
  3. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Sharpe v. BurkeSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1953
  4. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Ketter v. DaySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1956
  5. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Ruger v. DaySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1954

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