Commonwealth v. Moncak

Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice Horace Stern,

Under date of November 24, 1953, we affirmed the order of the court below denying appellant’s motion for his discharge from imprisonment and stated that an opinion would be filed later. The question concerns the application of the so-called “two-term rule.”

Appellant, Andrew Moncak, was arrested' on April 11, 1953, upon a warrant issued by an alderman of the City of Scranton charging him with , the murder of one Margaret Grunik. Waiving, a -hearing, he was there upon committed to the Lackawanna County Prison. On April 13 the alderman’s transcript was…