Commonwealth ex rel. Ritchey v. McHugh

Opinion by

Rhodes, P. J.,

This is an appeal from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Cambria County refusing relator’s *517petition for writ of habeas corpus. The question presented is whether a writ of habeas corpus should be granted in this case to contradict the record and establish that the crime was not committed in the county where the conviction took place.

On June 13, 1958, relator entered, in the Court of Oyer and Terminer of Cambria County, a plea of guilty to an indictment charging statutory rape. He was sentenced to serve a term of not less than one year nor more than three years…