State v. Mahaney

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Reed, J.

The petition for the writ sets out that John Mahaney was convicted at the December Term, 1899, of the Hudson County Court of Quarter Sessions, on two indictments for the crime of breaking with intent; that he was sentenced on the first indictment to be imprisoned for the *54term of seven years, and on the second indictment, for the term of five years, in the state prison.

' The petition states that the sentence of seven years expired on the 25th day of August, 1905, and that he is still imprisoned by virtue of the second sentence of five years.…