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COM. ex rel. BROWN v. PA. BOARD OF PAROLE

368 Pa. 244 (1951)

Commonwealth ex rel. Brown, Appellant v. Pennsylvania Board of Parole.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

June 27, 1951.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William H. Saye, with him James Brown, appellant, in propria persona.

Robert M. Mountenay, Assistant Deputy Attorney General, with him Robert E. Woodside, Attorney General, for appellees.

Before DREW, C.J., STERN, STEARNE, JONES, BELL, LADNER and CHIDSEY, JJ.

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE JONES, June 27, 1951:

This is an appeal from the refusal by the Court of Common Pleas of Dauphin County of the relator's petition for alternative writ of mandamus to compel the Pennsylvania Parole Board and the Superintendent of the Western State Penitentiary to release him from custody because of the alleged expiration of his terms of imprisonment.

The petitioner was sentenced by the Court of Quarter Sessions of Allegheny County on...

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