Commonwealth ex rel. Bair v. Russell

Opinion by

Wright, J.,

Richard Bair has appealed from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Indiana County dismissing his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. He is presently confined in the State Correctional Institution at Huntingdon.

Our review of the original record discloses that, on March 4, 1963, Bair waived grand jury action and entered pleas of guilty to seven bills of indictment, each of which charged forgery and uttering a forged instrument as proscribed by Section 1014 of The Penal Code. Act of June 24, 1939, P. L. 872, Section 1014, 18 P.S. 5014. At the time of his pleas, Bair…