In re Hamilton

Petitioner is imprisoned. He can be held by the warden only by virtue of a .lawful commitment. There was a commitment, and it appears to be agreed that it follows the judgment pronounced by the court. The judgment is:

“That the said George E. Hamilton be confined in the State House of Correction and Branch of the State Prison in the Upper Peninsula, Marquette, Mich., at hard labor, for a period of not less than ten years from and including this day, and the judge thereupon did recommend and state that, in his judgment, the proper maximum penalty would be the term of his natural life as fixed…