Commonwealth ex rel. Bower v. Banmiller

Opinion

Per Curiam,

John J. Bower, presently in the Eastern State Penitentiary, filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the Court of Common Pleas of Union County alleging certain errors in his trial on a charge of murder. In the petition he averred that during the trial the criminal record of a person other than himself, although bearing a name somewhat' similar to his own, was introduced against him. The trial court, in dismissing the rule to show cause which it had issued on the petition, made no reference to this particular charge made by the relator. Without deciding any of the…