People ex rel. Romano v. Thayer

This is an appeal from an order in habeas corpus discharging the relator from custody as an inmate of the Institution for Male Defective Delinquents at Napanoch, N. Y. In 1924, after indictment for the crime of burglary, third degree, and after a plea of guilty, the relator was examined by two qualified examiners and found to be a mental defective and was committed to Napanoch by the Court of General Sessions in New York county. About a year later he was released on parole. In April, 1927, he was tried and convicted of the crime of unlawful entry and sentenced to a penitentiary. Upon his…