Commonwealth v. Connelly

Opinion by

Dithrich, J.,

This is an appeal from the order of the Court of Oyer and Terminer and General Jail Delivery and the Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace of Westmoreland County dismissing a petition for a writ of coram nobis.

On March 2, 1950, appellant, Harry Connelly, was convicted of burglary after a trial by jury. On March 6 he filed a petition for a new trial on the basis of after-discovered evidence. The petition Avas dismissed after argument before a court en banc. On appeal this Court affirmed in an opinion setting forth the facts of the case in detail: Commonwealth v.…