Commonwealth ex rel. McCurdy v. Burke

Opinion by

Rhodes, P. J.,

On August 26, 1952, relator, after trial by jury, was found guilty on a bill of indictment in the Court of Oyer and Terminer of Adams County, at No. 7, August Term, 1952, charging rape, incestuous adultery, and *484contributing to tbe delinquency of a minor,1 and on August 30, 1952, he was sentenced to the Eastern State Penitentiary for a term of not less than three and one-half years nor more than seven years on the count charging rape. Sentences on the remaining counts of bill No. 7 were suspended. The effective date of the sentence imposed was June 28, 1952.

Being…