Commonwealth v. Patch

Opinion by

Trexler, P. J.,

On the 23rd of September, 1929, the defendant was arraigned and pleaded guilty of the charge of forgery. Oh the 21st of November, 1929', before sentence, he presented a petition stating that he had been in custody since the month of January, 1929, that he was brought into court on September 23, 1929, at which time, it had been agreed by petitioner’s counsel, the attorney representing the private prosecution, and the assistant district attorney in charge of the case for the Commonwealth, that a nol. pros, should be entered; that thereafter the assistant district…