Commonwealth ex rel. Johnson v. Burke

Opinion by

Weight, J.,

Appellant was arrested on January 23, 1947, and was held for action by tbe grand jury on charges of burglary from an automobile, larceny and receiving stolen goods. On February 7, 1947, he pleaded guilty inter alia to bill of indictment No. 59 February Sessions, 1947, charging him with said offenses, and was sentenced to the Pennsylvania Industrial School at Camp Hill. The original transfer record erroneously set forth the maximum term as twenty years. Since the charge in question was burglary from an automobile, which carries a maximum sentence of five years (Act of June…