People ex rel. Goldman v. Jackson

The relator was arrested in Ulster County as a fugitive from justice upon a charge of obtaining $1,500 on false pretenses in Connecticut. On this charge he was committed to the Ulster County jail under an order of commitment of the County Judge of that county and while in jail he escaped.

*126The New York statute ■ (Penal Law, § 1694) provides that such an escape is a felony if tire custody “ is upon ” a charge, arrest or commitment 16 for a felony ’ ’ and otherwise is a misdemeanor.

The obtaining of money by false pretenses in Connecticut by the statute of that State (Connecticut General Statutes…