Commonwealth ex rel. Via v. Banmiller

Opinion by

Ervin, J.,

This is an appeal from an order of the Honorable A. H. Ehrgood, President Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Lebanon County, dismissing the petition for a writ of habeas corpus after a hearing at which the relator and his counsel were present.

The facts are as follows: on August 2, 1955 relator was arrested and imprisoned in the Lebanon County jail on a charge of pointing a deadly weapon, to No. 54 December Sessions, 1955 (hereinafter called “54”), in the Court of Quarter Sessions of Lebanon County. Relator was unable to raise bail and while in jail awaiting the…