DocketNumber: Misc. Docket 1315
Judges: Maxey
Filed Date: 1/3/1944
Status: Precedential
Modified Date: 10/19/2024
The petition for writ of habeas corpus in this case sets forth that the petitioner, an inmate of the Western Penitentiary, on his plea of guilty, was convicted of forgery and sentenced for not less than two years nor more than four years. Two years have just expired and he has been refused a parole. *Page 410
The petition admits "that the sentence imposed by Judge BRAHAM (was) valid and lawful . . .," but avers that he was deprived of a fair and impartial hearing before the Parole Board created under the State Parole Act of August 6, 1941, P. L. 861,
The matters complained of cannot be disposed of in proceedings for a writ of habeas corpus. This court inPassmore Williamson's Case,
We have in numerous cases discussed law applicable to the issuing of writs of habeas corpus. See Com. ex rel. Penland v.Ashe,
The writ is refused.
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