Commonwealth ex rel. Taylor v. Keenan

Opinion by

Watkins, J.,

The Court of Quarter Sessions of Somerset County dismissed relator’s petition for writ of habeas corpus without a hearing. This appeal followed.

Relator was charged with several crimes, including forgery and passing forged checks which are the subject of this appeal. The information was dated April 17, 1956 on which date he was arrested, and at a hearing before a Justice of the Peace plead guilty, and in default of bail, was committed to the County jail.

On May 5, 1957 the relator entered a plea of guilty on bill of indictment No. 41, February Session, 1956 charging…