Commonwealth ex rel. Whiting v. Rundle

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Eagen,

The appellant, after indictment and trial, was convicted by a jury of murder in the first degree. The sentence was fixed at life imprisonment. Following the denial of post trial motions and impositions of sentence, an appeal to this Court resulted in an affirmance of the judgment: Commonwealth v. Whiting, 409 Pa. 492, 187 A. 2d 563 (1963).

Subsequently, the appellant instituted two actions of habeas corpus, both of which were dismissed without hearing. We are here concerned with an appeal from *19an order in the second of these proceedings.1 It is without merit.

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