Commonwealth v. Burke
Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Montgomery County
1Opinion of the Court
Knight, P. J.,
Relator, Russell E. Brough, pleaded guilty to bill 145, June sessions, 1938, in the Court of Oyer and Terminer and General Jail Delivery of Montgomery County, charging him with malicious injury to railroads (Criminal Code of March 31,1860, P. L. 382, sec. 142), which has a maximum penalty of 10 years’ imprisonment.
*208Relator, at his own request, was sentenced September 9, 1938, to the Pennsylvania Industrial School at Huntingdon. He was paroled by the board of trustees of Huntingdon on November 7,1939.
While on parole he was convicted of involuntary manslaughter, and sentenced to…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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- Kinsella v. Board of TrusteesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1941
3Cited by2 opinions
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. McDevitt v. BurkeSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1949
- Commonwealth ex rel. Brough v. BurkeSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1951