Commonwealth ex rel. McGlinn v. Tees

Hagan, J.,

This matter is before the court on a petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed by petitioner, who is under commitment in the Eastern State Penitentiary.

On November 20, 1931, petitioner was found guilty of armed robbery by a jury and was sentenced by the late Judge McDevitt for a term of not less than 10 nor more than 20 years in the Eastern State Penitentiary, under Bill of indictment no. 1035 of November sessions, 1931, in the Courts of Oyer and Terminer and Quarter Sessions of the Peace in and for the County of Philadelphia. Petitioner did not begin to serve this sentence until…