OPINION BY WRIGHT, J., November 16, 1960:
Edward J. Whalen has appealed from an order of Court of Common Pleas No. 5 of Philadelphia County dismissing his petition for a writ of habeas corpus.
On January 21, 1956, on Bill No. 824 July Sessions 1954, charging robbery, Whalen was sentenced by Judge LEVINTHAL to serve a term of not less than seven and one-half years nor more than fifteen years in the Eastern State Penitentiary. On February 28, 1957, on the recommendation...
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