Commonwealth v. Pilnik
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 159, Oct. T., 1905, by Barnet Pilnik, from judgment of Q. S. Phila. Co., Dec. T., 1902, No. 162 and Jan. T., 1905, No. 532, on plea of guilty in case of Commonwealth v. Barnet Pilnik. Indictment for keeping a disorderly house. Error assigned was in sentencing the defendant to the penitentiary.
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam,
On February 9, 1905, the defendant withdrew his pleas of not guilty to two indictments, one found at December Term, 1902, No. 162, and the other found at February Term 1905, No. 134, and pleaded guilty. On the following day the court sentenced the defendant upon both indictments to terms of imprisonment in the eastern penitentiary, the term of imprisonment in the second case to begin after the expiration of the term of the sentence in the first case. The indictments charged-separate and distinct offenses, and the judgments, although rendered at the same time, are likewise separate…
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