In re Marlow

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Swayze, J.

The petitioner is confined in the state reformatory under a sentence of the Camden Special Sessions upon a conviction for breaking and entering. He claims his freedom upon the ground that the sentence was invalid — first, because at the time it was imposed he was under the age of sixteen years, and second, because it is indeterminate, and therefore illegal. The -commitment under which he is held is merely a copy of the sentence of the court, and does not disclose his age. The statute authorizes the courts to sentence to the reformatory such…