Ryan v. Lawes

This is an application for a peremptory order of mandamus directing the respondents comprising the prison board of Sing Sing Prison (Correction Law, § 236) to forthwith meet and determine the amount of commutation and compensation that they shall recommend to be allowed to the petitioner and to forward a report to the Governor of the State to the effect that the petitioner is a prisoner entitled to be released at once because of commutation and compensation earned by him. The controversy involves the *573construction to be placed upon section 230 of the Correction Law.* The petitioner was…