Commonwealth ex rel. Stanton v. Francies
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, ex rel., Thomas E. Stanton, v. John Francies, Warden of the Western Penitentiary of Pennsylvania, No. 185, Miscellaneous Docket, Habeas Corpus, Original jurisdiction. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court.
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam,
The relator was returned to the Court of Quarter Sessions of Blair County on a charge of having obtained the sum of $6 by false pretense. An indictment, prepared by the district attorney, but not sent to the grand jury, charged him with the said offense, and he entered a plea of guilty to it, under the provisions of the Act of April 15, 1907, P. L. 62. The said court thereupon, on February 24,1914, sentenced him to pay a fine and undergo an imprisonment in the western penitentiary for a period of not less than two nor more than three years. He now asks to be discharged from custody…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Clellans v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1848
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- Com. of Pa. v. ArbachSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1934
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