Commonwealth ex rel. Sell v. Burke

Per Curiam,

At a hearing on his petition for writ of habeas corpus, under the Act of May 25, 1951, P. L. 415, 12 PS §1901 et seq., relator requested the Court of Common Pleas of Lancaster County to dismiss his petition. The court made no order or decision from which an appeal could be taken. Relator’s appeal to this Court will be dismissed.

Relator is presently confined in the Eastern State Penitentiary. He was sentenced to that institution on June 11, 1951, by the Court of Oyer and Terminer of Lancaster County, after he had been tried and convicted on two bills of indictment, each charging…