Ex parte Colcord

Thomas Colcord, alias George Reardon, was sentenced January 17, 1917, by the circuit court of- Dodge county, Neb., to serve a sentence of 110-t less than three nor more than ten years in the state penitentiary. He served this sentence until August 11, 1919, when he accepted a parole from “the state prison board” of Nebraska. This parole agreement wa,s in writing. It is quite lengthy, and provided in substance: That Colcord was permited to go outside the buildings and inclosures of the *418penitentiary; but not outside the state; without special permission; subject to the following rules: That he…