Commonwealth ex rel. Bruce v. Tees

Per Curiam,

Relator was indicted in Philadelphia County on four bills each charging sodomy. On January 24, 1947, he pleaded guilty. He was then sentenced in the Court of Oyer and Terminer to a term of not less than five years nor more than ten years in the Eastern State Penitentiary.

His present appeal is from the order of the Court of Common Pleas No. 3 of Philadelphia County dismissing his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. This is the latest of a number of habeas corpus proceedings initiated by the relator in both the Federal courts and the courts of this Commonwealth. We have frequently…