Commonwealth Ex Rel. Sloan v. Ashe, Warden

Opinion by

Cunningham, J.,

As we understand the record in this habeas corpus proceeding, instituted under the Act of February 18, 1785, 2 Sm. L. 275, 12 PS §1871, et seq., John B. Sloan, the relator, is detained in the Western State Penitentiary under four commitments issued upon the same date — October 23, 1929, — out of the Court of Oyer and Terminer of Allegheny County, as a result of his conviction upon four separate indictments charging him with the crimes of burglary and robbery. Three of the commitments are based upon sentences for specified minimum and maximum terms and the fourth upon…