Commonwealth Ex Rel. Henderson v. Baldi

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Jones,

This appeal is from a final order of a judge of the Court of Common Pleas No. 7 of Philadelphia County denying the relator’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Apparently the proceeding below was mistakenly pursued for a time in the Court of Quarter Sessions. However, it appears that the rule on the petition was granted and the matter heard and disposed of by a judge of the Court of Common Pleas. We shall accordingly treat with the appeal on its merits the same as if the proceeding had been regularly docketed in the Court of Common Pleas as it originally should…