Commonwealth ex rel. Reynolds v. Burke

Opinion by

Weight, J.,

Appellant was charged with larceny, burglary, armed robbery, and other crimes in seven bills of indictment. He was convicted by a jury, and sentenced on March 12, 1936, to serve not less than ten nor more than twenty years in the Eastern State Penitentiary. On December 25, 1945, appellant was paroled. During the period of his parole, he was sentenced (March 6, 1952) on a charge of forgery to serve not less than one nor more than two years. The present appeal is from the order of the Court of.Common Pleas of Berks County discharging his rule to show cause why a writ of…