Commonwealth ex rel. Marelia v. Hill

Opinion by

Gunther, J.,

Eelator was found guilty on March 22, 1946, on indictments charging attempted burglary and possession of burglary tools. At the conclusion of the trial the trial judge stated to relator: “Go up and work in the penitentiary for the next five years.” Eelator alleges that this was the only sentence ever pronounced in his presence. The sentence endorsed on the indictment for attempted burglary was “not less than three and a half years nor more than seven years at separate and solitary confinement in the Eastern State Penitentiary, to be computed from March 18, 1946”. Eelator…