In re Franklin on Habeas Corpus
Michigan Supreme Court
Habeas corpus proceedings. Prisoner applied for his discharge from State prison on the ground that, if any part of his imprisonment was valid, the time allowed by law for holding him had expired. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtCampbell, J.
The petitioner in this case, who is confined in the State prison at Jackson, asks to be discharged on the ground that, if any part of his imprisonment was valid, the time allowed by law for holding him has expired. He was convicted and sentenced in June, 1884, the sentence being for ten years, of which more than five years has expired. The people, by the Attorney General, resist his discharge, on the ground that he was sentenced under Act No. 102, Laws of 1877, entitled “An act to provide for the prevention and punishment of horse stealing,” which fixes the punishment at not less than three,…
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