In re Miller
Michigan Supreme Court
Habeas corpus by Charles Miller to obtain his discharge from the custody of William Chamberlain, warden of the state prison at Jackson.
1Opinion of the CourtMoore, J.
The petitioner is serving his second term in the state prison at Jackson. His first term expired April 19, 1893. His second term began February 10, 1894, and was for three years. Act No. 118, Pub. Acts 1893, took effect May 26, 1893. Section 33 of that act provides that convicts who shall have no infractions of the rules of the prison against them shall be entitled to a reduction from their sentences according to a certain, scale, with a proviso that a convict who shall be serving a second term in said prison shall be entitled to a less favorable reduction. If the provisions of this act are…
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