In Re Hall

This is a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. It appears that the petitioner was on December 17, 1920, convicted of the crime of rape by the municipal court of Bellows Falls, and was sentenced to be confined at hard labor in the State prison in Windsor for not less than five years, and not more than seven years, and to pay a fine and costs. The execution of the sentence of imprisonment was ordered suspended, upon the payment of a certain part of the fine, and the petitioner was committed to the charge of the State probation officer for the term of seven years from the date of his…