People ex rel. Le Carta v. Warden

On December 19, 1919, relator was committed, to the New York County Penitentiary, convicted of manslaughter in the first degree on a plea of guilty. The learned justice indorsed upon the commitment a certificate to the effect that on the date of sentence relator had been in jail for upwards of ten months, and stated: “ This commitment is indorsed under section 2193 of the Penal Law.” ' The section referred to in the foregoing statement reads as follows:

“ Section 2193. Calculating term of imprisonment. Any time spent by a person convicted of a crime in a prison or jail prior to his conviction…