Commonwealth v. Mayloy & Keating
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Quarter Sessions of Philadelphia: No. 307, to January Term 1868. At the July sessions (1867) of the Court of Quarter Sessions of Philadelphia, Joseph Mayloy and James Keating were convicted of larceny, • and on the 16th day of July 1867 they were sentenced each to pay a fine of one cent, and undergo imprisonment in the Philadelphia county prison for twelve months, pay the costs of prosecution, and stand committed till the judgment be fully complied…
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Error to the Court of Quarter Sessions of Philadelphia: No. 307, to January Term 1868. At the July sessions (1867) of the Court of Quarter Sessions of Philadelphia, Joseph Mayloy and James Keating were convicted of larceny, • and on the 16th day of July 1867 they were sentenced each to pay a fine of one cent, and undergo imprisonment in the Philadelphia county prison for twelve months, pay the costs of prosecution, and stand committed till the judgment be fully complied with. Before the expiration of that term, the court, of its own motion, entered a rule to reconsider the sentence. This was…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered, by
Thompson; C. J.
The habeas corpus issued at the instance of the relators, Mayloy and Keating, will be determinable conclusively by the result of our judgment in the writ of error sued out by the Commonwealth, which brought up the record of their conviction and sentence to imprisonment for larceny, in the county prison. This being apparent, it was agreed by the counsel for the prisoners to argue both cases together, which having been done, they will now be considered and disposed of together.
The single question to be decided is as to the power of the…
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