In re Duff

Petitioner was convicted in the recorder’s court of the city of Detroit of the crime of larceny of property exceeding the value of $25, and upon the 9th day of May, 1904, was sentenced to the Detroit house of correction for the period of not less than 6 months and not more than 15 months. The crime was committed upon the 26th day of March, 1904, which was subsequent to the time the indeterminate sentence law (Act No. 136, Pub. Acts 1903) became operative; and the sentence was imposed under that law. The commitment, under which petitioner was •placed in the custody of the superintendent of the…