Commonwealth ex rel. Wilson v. McKenty

Citations

• 61 Pa. Super. 446
• 1915 Pa. Super. LEXIS 350

Syllabus

<p>Criminal law — Sentence — Larceny — Discharge of prisoner — Habeas corpus.</p> <p>Where a prisoner, never previously convicted of larceny has been sentenced to a term of six years imprisonment for larceny, and has served three years, he will be discharged on habeas corpus proceedings, inasmuch as the court has no power to impose a sentence of more than three years in such a case.</p>