Commonwealth ex rel. Fox v. Keenan

Opinion by

Woodside, J.,

This is an appeal from an order of the court below dismissing the appellant’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Appellant pleaded guilty to 19 charges of larceny and receiving stolen motor vehicles and 13 charges of burglary. He was sentenced in 1959 on one of the larceny and receiving stolen goods charges to imprisonment in the Allegheny County Workhouse for a period of 2 to 5 years. A similar sentence to run consecutively, was imposed on one of the burglary charges. The sentences on the other charges were suspended.

After serving some time in the workhouse, the…