In re Downs

Upon his conviction, in the recorder’s court of the city of Detroit, of the crime of attempt to commit burglary, petitioner, on the 31st day of May, 1905, was sentenced to the Michigan State prison at Jackson “for the period of not less than one year ” from and including the said 31st day of May. No maximum term of imprisonment was fixed by the court. > The minimum term of one year, fixed by the court, having expired, petitioner now demands his release from further imprisonment, alleging that he was sentenced for a period of one year only, and, that period having expired, the warden has no…