United States of America Ex Rel. Earl A. Brogan v. Frank G. Martin, Warden, Eastern State Penitentiary, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The relator, who is serving a sentence in the Eastern State Penitentiary of Pennsylvania following his conviction in a state court of armed robbery, appeals from the denial by the district court of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. It appears that the relator did not appeal from his conviction in the state court but subsequently filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the state court which was dismissed, the dismissal being affirmed on appeal. Com. ex rel. Brogan V. Tees, 1956, 180 Pa.Super. 174, 119 A.2d 561, alloc, ref. 180 Pa.Super. XXV, certiorari denied Brogan v. Martin,…