Commonwealth Ex Rel. Collins v. Ashe

Opinion bv

Baldrige, P. J.,

This is an appeal from an order of tbe court below dismissing appellant’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus.

Tbe appellant pleaded guilty in tbe Court of Quarter Sessions of Allegheny County to an indictment at No. 533 May Sessions 1931 charging bréaking and entering with an intent to steal (Sec. 2, Act of April 22, 1863 P. L. 531, as amended by tbe Act of March 13, 1901, P. L. 49) and was sentenced as follows: “And now, May 25, 1931, defendant sentenced to . . . undergo an imprisonment of not less than 5 years or more than 20 years in tbe Western Penitentiary. . .…