People ex rel. Atkins v. Jennings

In 1905 the relator was sentenced to Auburn State Prison for a determinate term of twenty years. He was received at the prison on March 17, 1905. On May 22, 1914, the Governor commuted his sentence to imprisonment in Clinton State Prison for the term of nine years, two months and five days minimum and twenty years maximum. The commutation of the sentence contained the following condition: “ This commutation is granted upon the express condition that if the said Burd R. Atkins shall be hereafter convicted of any felony committed during the period between the date of his discharge by reason…