Commonwealth v. Reid

Opinion by

James, J.,

This is an appeal from a conviction and sentence upon an indictment for highway robbery.

On May 15, 1935, a bench warrant was issued by the president judge of Monroe County to be lodged as a detainer against the appellant, then confined in the Eastern Penitentiary. On August 26, 1935, an alias writ of habeas corpus was issued, appellant was brought to the Monroe County jail, and on September 23, 1935 an indictment was found which charged the appellant and Patsy DeMauro jointly with the robbery of a truck and trailer containing fifty bales of raw silk of the value of…