State Board of Administration v. Jones

, SOMERVILLE, J.

The petitioner, who-is a convict in the state prison, seeks by writ of mandamus to compel the state board of administration to certify to the Governor, as-contemplated by section 5131 of the Code of 1923, that the conduct of the prisoner has. been good during the years of his imprisonment — the purpose being to present to the Governor the true facts upon which his discretionary action may be invoked for the deduction of time from the petitioner’s sentences.

Petitioner was convicted on December 12, 1916, in the criminal court of Jefferson county, in six separate cases, on…