Commonwealth ex rel. Hallett v. McKenty

Opinion by

Keller, J.,

The relator, William Hallett, on February 3, 1910, pleaded guilty in the Court' of Quarter Sessions of Tioga County to six indictments (Nos. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10, January Sessions, 1910) charging Mm with the crime of sending threatening letters With the intent to extort money (Act of March 31, 1860, P. L. 382, section 23, p. 390). He was sentenced to pay a fine of $500 and undergo an imprisonment by separate or solitary confinement at hard labor in the Eastern Penitentiary for the period of not less than seven years and six months and not more than thirty years. The bills…