Canfield v. Commissioner of Pardons & Paroles

December 27, 1926, plaintiff was convicted of the crime of breaking and entering a shop in the nighttime, contrary to 3 Comp. Laws 1929, § 16948 (Act No. 345, Pub. Acts 1925), which provided a maximum penalty of 15 years’ imprisonment therefor. The judgment of sentence, however, read a minimum term of two years and a maximum term of five years, with recommended maximum of two years and six months.

August 20, 1928, plaintiff was released on parole. November 12, 1928, while on parole he committed the crime of robbery armed, in violation of 3 Comp. Laws 1929, § 16722 (3 Comp. Laws 1915, § 15206…