Commonwealth Ex Rel. Hendrickson v. Myers

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Bell,

The appellant-petitioner, Robert E. Hendrickson, was arrested on August 10, 1946, upon four separate *226charges of burglary, larceny and receiving stolen goods. While awaiting trial on these charges he escaped from the Bucks County prison and was recaptured on the day of escape. Subsequently, the appellant entered a guilty plea on the five bills of indictment which charged him with burglary, larceny, receiving stolen goods and prison breach. Prior to sentence appellant admitted the larceny of still another automobile in Washington, D. C. in August 1945, although the…