Commonwealth ex rel. Dixon v. Johnston

Opinion by

Woodside, J.,

This is an appeal from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Clearfield County dismissing the petition of a prisoner for a writ of habeas corpus brought against the warden of the State Penitentiary at Rockview.

The petitioner, James Dixon, was sentenced in Clearfield County for a term of 1 to 10 years in the Western State Penitentiary beginning September 12, 1947. At the expiration of his minimum sentence on September 12, 1948, the petitioner was paroled by the Board of Parole.

On December 18, 1950, the petitioner pleaded guilty to larceny, and was sentenced in…