Commonwealth v. Hamel
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 35, April T., 1911, by defendants, from judgment of Q. S. Cambria Co., June T., 1909, No. 223, on plea of guilty in the case of Commonwealth v. Helen Hamel. Indictment for keeping a bawdyhouse. Before O’Conner, P. J. The opinion of the Superior Court states the case. Error assigned was the sentence of the court imposed on June 14, 1910.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Porter, J.,
The appellant, on June 8, 1909, entered the plea of guilty to an indictment charging her with keeping and maintaining a common bawdyhouse. The record discloses the following action upon this plea, viz.: “June 9th, 1909, defendant sentenced to pay the costs of prosecution, and further sentence suspended.” On June 8,1910, the court directed process to issue for the defendant, and the defendant having been brought in, the court on June 14, 1910, sentenced the defendant to pay a fine of 850.00 and undergo an imprisonment in the county jail for a term of one year less one day.…
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