Commonwealth ex rel. Jones v. Maroney

Opinion

Per Curiam,

Charles William Jones in 1958 pleaded guilty to the brutal murder of a night watchman during the course of a burglary of the Black Linen Service Company premises, which burglary netted him $2.32 from the coin box of a pop machine. He filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, which was refused and he has appealed to this Court urging that his constitutional rights were violated in that (1) he was not represented by counsel at the magistrate’s hearing; (2) he was not represented by counsel at the coroner’s inquest; (3) he…