People ex rel. Fryer v. Brophy

The relator, Jacob Fryer, is now confined for the term of his natural fife, as a fourth offender, in the New York State Prison, at Auburn, N. Y., upon a conviction based upon his plea of guilty, as charged in the indictment, which indictment, dated December 8, 1926, charged him with the crime of burglary in the third degree and grand larceny in the second degree, after having been three times previously convicted of felonies. By a writ of habeas corpus he asks to have the sentence of natural life declared illegal.

The indictment sets up in full that on the 29th day of June, 1906, said Jacob…