People ex rel. Dawkins v. Frost
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the relator, George Dawkins, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Kings County Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 5th day of May, 1908, dismissing a writ of certiorari to the agent and warden of the State prison at Sing Sing, to inquire into the cause of detention of the relator and remanding him to custody.
1Opinion of the Court
Jenks, J.:
There was a single indictment with two counts, one for burglary in the third degree and one for grand larceny in the second degree. The judgment Avas guilty upon both counts as charged in the indictment. The court sentenced the relator to be imprisoned for the burglary in the said prison under an indeterminate sentence, the maximum to be 4 years and 5 months and the minimum 4 years, and for the grand larceny under an indeterminate sentence, the maximum to be 3 years and 1 month and the minimum 3 years, the second sentence to commence immediately upon the termination of the first.
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2Cases cited2 opinions
- People Ex Rel. Trainor v. BakerNew York Court of Appeals · 1882
- People ex rel. Bedell v. KinneyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1897
3Cited by2 opinions
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