Legal Opinion
Commonwealth Ex Rel. Dennis v. Ashe
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided November 12, 1947No. 204, Misc. DocketPublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam,
This is a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Rule to show cause was granted. Answers were filed.
The relator, on December 5, 1946, pleaded guilty to three bills of indictment (Nos. 207, 208, and 314, November Sessions, 1946, Westmoreland County). Each bill charged relator with making, drawing, uttering and delivering a worthless check. The indictments were drawn under the Act of June 24, 1939, P. L. 872, § 854, 18 PS § 4854. He was sentenced upon each of the three bills to the Western State Penitentiary for a term of not less than one year nor more than two years; sentence on…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Commonwealth v. DownerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1947
- Commonwealth ex rel. Stanton v. FranciesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1915
- Commonwealth v. CamwellSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1926
- Commonwealth v. FettermanSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1904
- Com. of Pa. v. ArbachSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1934
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Cobb v. AytchCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1981
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Radziewicz v. BurkeSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1951
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Little v. KeenanSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1951
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Holly v. AsheSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1950
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Stranahan v. BanmillerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1959
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