Howard v. Claudy

Opinion by

Woodside, J.,

On September 21, 1951, relator filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus in which he alleged, among other things, that he was not present when the jury returned its verdict. After hearing, the court below, on December 21, 1951, dismissed the petition. On appeal, this court affirmed the court below except as to the finding that relator was present when the verdict was *3returned. Since the minutes of the original trial in the Court of Oyer and Terminer of Allegheny County at No. 77 February Sessions, 1939, affirmatively showed relator was present during the trial but did…