Commonwealth Ex Rel. Perrotta v. Myers

Opinion by

Ervin, J.,

This is an appeal taken by Louis Perrotta from an order of Common Pleas Court No. 7 of Philadelphia County dismissing a petition for writ of habeas corpus.

*289Tlie appellant argues that he was illegally sentenced by Judge Vincent A. Carroll, sitting in the criminal court of Philadelphia County, claiming that he was given a four to eight year sentence on a larceny charge. (The maximum term for larceny is five years: §S07 of the Act of June 24, 1939, P. L. 872, 18 PS §4807.) It is true that on October 10, 1961 he was sentenced under Bill No. 847 September Sessions 1961, on a…