Commonwealth ex rel. Dunbar v. Keenan

(Specially Presiding),

Petitioner has appealed from our order of March 20, 1961, dismissing his petition for writ of habeas corpus following his conviction in nonjury trial on five indictments, charging him with the crime of cheating by fraudulent pretense. Sentence on one bill of indictment, no. 41, April sessions, 1960, was imposed for a term of one to five years,1 defendant having been previously convicted and sentenced for similar offenses, and suspended on each of the four remaining bills. We file this opinion in support of our previous order.

It is undisputed that defendant, as maker,…