People ex rel. Stephani v. North

A convict under sentence, since the year 1891, for the crime of murder in the second degree, seeks discharge under a writ of habeas corpus from Dannemora State Hospital, where since the year 1903 he has been confined on a transfer from Sing Siug prison.

Whenever a male prisoner is certified by a physician of a state prison to be insane, he is transferred to the Dannemora State Hospital. Insanity Law, § 158. The original certificate of conviction is forwarded to the medical superintendent of the hospital. § 158. The convict remains in the hospital for a term no *617greater than the term of his…