People Ex Rel. Smith v. Jenkins

At the May term, 1922, of the circuit court of Lake county Ignatz Potz was convicted of murder and sentenced to be hanged on June 16, 1922. The Governor granted him a reprieve until August 18 and on July 6 commuted his punishment to life imprisonment. On June 30, 1926, another order signed by the Governor was filed with the Secretary of State, as follows: “Upon the recommendation of the Division of Pardons and Paroles of the Department of Public Welfare, and for the reasons therein assigned, I hereby commute the sentence of Ignatz Potz to expire on October 11, 1930.” On the petition of the…