Commonwealth Ex Rel. Garland v. Ashe

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Maxey,

" Carl Garland, who is serving a minimum term of three and one-half years in the Western State Penitentiary after his conviction on a charge of felonious assault with a deadly weapon, to wit, a revolver, with intent to kill, is seeking his release on a writ of habeas corpus on the ground that the.sentence of the Court of Quarter Sessions of Allegheny County is void because “the Federal Government made the original arrest, they took lawful control, thereby obtaining exclusive jurisdiction” and “the judgment of the Court of Quarter Sessions caused a double jeopardy…