Commonwealth ex rel. Hall v. Russell

Griffiths, J.,

On April 5, 1963, a rule was granted to show cause why a writ of habeas corpus should not issue, which was returnable on April 16, 1963, and denied without hearing, on the same date, as the reasons averred were matters which properly should have been raised on appeal.

Relator was tried before the Honorable Joseph Sloane and a jury, and, on April 1, 1955, sentence of 15 to 30 years was imposed on two bills of indictment, each bill charging armed robbery. He was also placed on probation for three years on another bill charging carrying a concealed deadly weapon, such probation to…