People ex rel. Romain v. Parole Commission of New York

The relator was committed under a judgment and sentence of a competent tribunal to the penitentiary, “ there to be dealt with according to law.” The parole commission under its statutory authority conditionally released her after she had served a prison sentence of a year. The conditions of her parole were kept, excepting that she is reported by a probation officer to have failed to secure useful employment, which was one of the duties enjoined upon her as a prerequisite to the continuance of her parole. On this report the commission issued a -warrant for her retaking, and upon her arrest she…