Kozlowsky
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Petition, filed on February 9, 1921, for a writ of habeas corpus directing the release of the petitioner from imprisonment in the Massachusetts Reformatory at Concord.
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Petition, filed on February 9, 1921, for a writ of habeas corpus directing the release of the petitioner from imprisonment in the Massachusetts Reformatory at Concord. Upon the filing of the petition, a writ of habeas corpus directed to the acting superintendent of the reformatory was issued and the petitionerwas brought before the court and, the respondent having filed an answer and return, the case was heard by Braley, J. Material facts found by the single* justice are described in the opinion. The petitioner was remanded to the reformatory by bis order and he reported the case to the full…
1Opinion of the CourtJenney, J.
The petitioner, John F. ICozlowsky, who pleaded guilty to an indictment for the larceny of property of the value of more than $100, was sentenced on June 27, 1919, to imprisonment on an indeterminate sentence in the Massachusetts Reformatory. R. L. c. 220, § 28. St. 1910, c. 356, § 1. Commonwealth v. Brown, 167 Mass. 144. Miller v. State, 149 Ind. 607. Adams v. Barr, 154 Iowa, 83. Woods v. State, 130 Tenn. 100. From June 27, 1919, to December 16, 1919, he was imprisoned in the reformatory. On the latter day the commissioner of correction for the Commonwealth issued a warrant purporting to…
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