White v. State

Claimant seeks recovery in damage for unlawful detention in a State prison beyond his maximum term.

On July 3, 1936, he was sentenced in the Court of General Sessions to five years for a second degree larceny. On September 9,1936, this sentence was revoked and claimant resentenced to a term of not less than five years nor more than ten years, with deduction for time already served, computed from the date of his original arrest on May 1, 1936. He was confined at Sing Sing Prison and later transferred to Clinton Prison, where he remained until paroled on March 7,1940.

On March 8, 1943, while on…