Commonwealth ex rel. Maisels v. Baldi

Per Curiam,

This is an appeal by relator from the refusal of a writ of habeas corpus. The proceeding has become moot, and therefore the appeal will be dismissed. Com. ex rel. Spader v. Burke, 171 Pa. Superior Ct. 289, 90 A. 2d 849. See Richards v. Johns, 338 Pa. 232, 13 A. 2d 59.

Relator was arrested on February 29, 1952, and charged with the unlawful use and possession of narcotics. He was given a preliminary hearing before a magistrate on March 1, 1952, and held in $1,000 bail for action by the grand jury. On the same day he was committed to the Philadelphia County Prison in default of bail…