Commonwealth ex rel. Moul v. Maroney

Atkins, P. J.,

On or about November 4, 1960, petitioner forwarded a petition to the prothonotary of this court praying for the issuance of a writ of habeas corpus. On November 9, 1960, he forwarded a supplemental paper to the clerk of courts of this county, although the paper is captioned in the court of common pleas. This second paper purports to be an amendment of the questions set forth in the original petition. There seems to be little material change between the original and the amendment and, basically, in both papers the complaint is directed to the fact that at the time Mr. Moul was…