Commonwealth ex rel. Middleton v. Banmiller

Opinion by

Montgomery, J.,

This is an appeal from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia vacating a writ of habeas corpus. Appellant was brought to trial before the Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace of Philadelphia County sitting without a jury upon two bills of indictment. Bill No. 584 charged the appellant with the crime of corrupting the morals of a child. Bill No. 585 charged the appellant with the crime of sodomy. .

On July 9, 1956, the lower court imposed sentence on Bill No. 5S5, of not less than five nor more than ten years in the Eastern State Penitentiary (now…