Commonwealth Ex Rel. Cannon v. Maroney

Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice Bell,

This is an appeal from the Order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County dismissing, without a hearing the petition of James Cannon for a Writ of Habeas Corpus. ■ •

Cannon shot and killed Charles Williams in a bar on April 13, 1949. For several years thereafter, he was a fugitive from justice. He was finally apprehended, .and convicted of murder in the first degree on September 12, 1953 and sentenced to life imprisonment. He thereafter appealed to this Court, which affirmed his conviction and sentence. See Commonwealth v. Cannon, 386 Pa. 62, 123 A. 2d…