Commonwealth v. Townsend

Opinion by

Rhodes, P. J.,

Frank Townsend was indicted on June 1, 1945, on four bills of indictment; two of the bills, Nos. 699, 701, May Sessions, 1945, charged burglary; two of the bills, Nos. 696, 698, May Sessions, 1945, charged armed robbery. Townsend was arrested on June 3, 1945, and on the following day he signed a written confession. On June 5, 1945, without the benefit of counsel, Townsend entered a plea of guilty to each bill of indictment. A sentence for a term of not less than ten years nor more than twenty years in the Eastern State Penitentiary was imposed on bill No. 698.…