People ex rel. Hand v. Prison Board of Sing Sing Prison
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the relator, Frank J. Hand, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Westchester Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Westchester on the 28th day of November, 1919, denying an application for a peremptory writ of mandamus commanding that the prison board of Sing Sing Prison convene and determine the amount of compensation which they shall recommend to be allowed to the petitioner, and that, upon such recommendation being made,…
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Appeal by the relator, Frank J. Hand, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Westchester Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Westchester on the 28th day of November, 1919, denying an application for a peremptory writ of mandamus commanding that the prison board of Sing Sing Prison convene and determine the amount of compensation which they shall recommend to be allowed to the petitioner, and that, upon such recommendation being made, the warden of Sing Sing Prison allow the time spent by the petitioner in the City Prison of the City of New York as…
1Per curiam
The Prison Law provides no method by which the duration of the terms of prisoners sentenced to a State prison or penitentiary can be ascertained outside of the commitment papers. The boards and officers mentioned in article 9 of the Prison Law (as amd. by Laws of 1916, chap. 358) act upon the information conveyed to them by these papers and by the records of the prison. Section 2193 of the Penal Law, as amended by chapter 410 of the Laws of 1919, provides a method of conveying to such boards and officers information as to how long a person convicted of a crime spent in a prison or jail prior…
2Cited by6 opinions
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- People ex rel. Melick v. JenningsNew York Supreme Court · 1928
- Jarrett v. CoughlinNew York Supreme Court · 1987
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