In re Canfield

Npon the 7th day of October, 1890, the petitioner was sentenced, to be confined in the State prison for a term of four years. At its session of 1893 the Legislature made a change in the law pertaining to the time to be allowed in the reduction of the term of imprisonment of convicts for good behavior. Act No. 118, Laws of 1893. The difference in time allowed will be readily understood by a comparison of the acts, in parallel ■columns:

Acf of 1877. First and second years, 2 months each, 122 days. Third and fourth years, 75 days per year, 150 days. Total, 272 days.

Act of 1893. . First and second…