In Re Eddinger

On June 22, 1922, Harry Eddinger was sentenced from the superior court of Grand Rapids to the Michigan reformatory at Ionia, upon an indeterminate sentence of three to six years, for the crime of rape. On June 12, 1923, he was placed on parole for the period of one year. In the parole instrument H. S. Williams of Grand Rapids was named his first friend and adviser. On July 7, 1924, after the parole period had expired, the governor signed an absolute discharge and caused it to be forwarded to H. S. Williams for delivery to Eddinger. Previous to this Eddinger had violated his parole and fled to…