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COM. ex rel. KEIFFER v. CERAUL

182 Pa.Super. 511 (1956)

Commonwealth ex rel. Keiffer, Appellant, v. Ceraul.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

December 28, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gus Milides, for appellant.

Bernard V. O'Hare, Assistant District Attorney, and Clinton Budd Palmer, District Attorney, for appellee.

Before RHODES, P.J., HIRT, GUNTHER, WRIGHT, WOODSIDE, ERVIN, and CARR, JJ.

OPINION BY WOODSIDE, J., December 28, 1956:

William F. Keiffer is serving a sentence of two years in jail imposed by an alderman of Bethlehem, Northampton County, on a plea of guilty to a charge of assault and battery. After being committed to jail, Keiffer filed a writ of habeas corpus, claiming that the alderman had no authority to sentence him, and that he was therefore being illegally detained. The Court of Common Pleas dismissed the writ, holding

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