People v. James

The prisoner James had been convicted of forgery and committed to the state prison. He had been pardoned by the executive, upon condition of leaving the United State:* within forty days. Being found in the city of Hew York after the expiration of the time limited for his departure from this country, he was taken up and committed to the county prison. The District Attorney obtained a rule against him, ordering him to show cause(a) why he should not be remanded under his former sentence. The prisoner being brought up and put to the bar, the record of his former conviction was produced, and his…