This is the reasonable and natural implication from the whole entry. United States v. Patterson, supra, grew out of a sentence under pleas of guilty to three separate indictments. The question there was materially different from the one here presented which concerns counts in one indictment. We think the reasoning of that opinion is not applicable to the present situation. This and similar unfortunate causes should admonish the trial courts to require the use of meticulously precise language in all judgement entries.
Especial care is essential where sentences for crime are imposed.
We deem it proper to add that the sentence of fifteen years imposed upon respondent seems extremely harsh. Circumstances not disclosed by the record may justify it, but only extraordinary ones could do so. The judgement of the Circuit Court of Appeals is reversed and the one entered by the District Court is affirmed. The cause will be remanded to the latter court for further proceedings in conformity with this opinion.