Commonwealth Ex Rel. Johnson v. Myers

Opinion by

Mb. Justice Bok,

Belator, forty-seven years old, filed Ms petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The court below denied it and he has appealed.

He was tried on March 17, 1958, before a jury in Dauphin County on a charge of murder. Having been found guilty of that in the second degree, he was given a sentence of from ten to twenty years. The victim was his paramour, and he did her to death with his fists.

His reasons to support Ms petition for a writ are:

1. He was denied due process and equal protection of the laws because (a) He had no counsel at the preliminary hearing where he alleges…