Commonwealth ex rel. Sell v. Burke

Opinion by

Rhodes, P. J.,

Relator was indicted on December 12, 1950, in Lancaster County upon two bills of indictment each charging burglary and larceny.

At the time the true bills were found relator was incarcerated in the Huntingdon County jail from which he and an accomplice made their escape. Upon being apprehended they were convicted of prison breach and sentenced to the Western State Penitentiary. On January 29, 1952, relator was released from that institution and brought to Lancaster County on detainer. At the request of his attorney, relator was not tried at the next session of court…