Bitz v. Canavan

Petitioner Bitz was sentenced in the Court of General Sessions, New York county, on March 22, 1934, to serve an indeterminate sentence of from three years minimum to six years maximum in the State’s prison after conviction of the violation of section 1694-a of the Penal Law.

*248After having served two years of the sentence, on March 30, 1936, a duly constituted board of officers of Clinton Prison certified to the Governor that petitioner had maintained his good conduct and efficiently performed the prison duties assigned to him. The Governor, as a result of the recommendation of the prison…