In re the Estate of Stephani

Harrington, S.

On April 10, 1891, Alphonse J. Stephani, then a resident of New York, was convicted of murder in the second degree and sentenced to be imprisoned for life. He was first confined in Sing Sing Prison. He remained there until January 8, 1903, when he was transferred, pursuant to chapter 520 of the Laws of 1899 (now Correction Law, § 383), to Dannemora State Hospital, an institution for insane convicts. (See Trust Co. of America v. State Safe Deposit Co., 109 App. Div. 665, for record of conviction and transfer, as above mentioned.) He remained at Dannemora State Hospital until his…