Commonwealth ex rel. Baerchus v. Myers

Opinion by

Wright, J.,

Anthony Baerchus has appealed from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Lackawanna County dismissing his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. This matter has been before us on three prior occasions. See Commonwealth ex rel. Baerchus v. Burke, 172 Pa. Superior Ct. 400, 94 A. 2d 87; Commonwealth ex rel. Baerchus v. Day, 178 Pa. Superior Ct. 455, 115 A. 2d 894; Commonwealth ex rel. Baerchus v. Myers, 184 Pa. Superior Ct. 461, 135 A. 2d 779.

On December 8, 1947, appellant was sentenced in Lackawanna County to serve three consecutive terms of five to ten years in the…