People ex rel. Newton v. Warden of Dannemora Prison
New York Supreme Court
Habeas corpus proceedings.
1Opinion of the CourtWhitmyer, J.
Eelator is applying under a writ of habeas corpus for his discharge from Clinton Prison. He claims that he is illegally detained. He was convicted under the name of Frank Irwin, in the Court of General Sessions of the city of New York, on September 18, 1912, of the crime of burglary in the third degree, and was sentenced to Sing Sing Prison under an iiyleterminate sentence with a minimum of one year and six months and a maximum of five years. He was received in Siiig Sing on September 20,1912, arid was thereafter transferred to Great Meadow Prison, where he' was paroled on March 19, Í914,…
2Cited by1 opinion
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