Commonwealth Ex Rel. Haines v. Burke

Opinion by

Rhodes, P. J.,

Relator’s petition for writ of habeas corpus was filed in the Court of Common Pleas of Lehigh County, and on March 10, 1952, President Judge Henninger, in a comprehensive opinion, refused the writ. Relator appealed from the order of the court, which will be affirmed.

On January 5,1943, relator was indicted by a grand jury in Lehigh County at Nos. 50, 51, 52, and 53, January Sessions, 1943. He was charged in the four bills of indictment with armed robbery, robbery, assault with intent to rob, demanding property by means of force, assault and battery, larceny, and…