People Ex Rel. Rothermel v. Murphy

Relator was convicted April 19, 1919, in Nassau county of robbery in the first degree and sentenced for a term of not less than ten nor more than twenty years. In March, 1924, the Governor conditionally commuted his sentence to imprisonment in Clinton Prison for a term of four years, ten months and fifteen days from May 1,1919. That commutation was granted upon the express condition that if relator should again be convicted of a felony committed between the date of his discharge and the date of the expiration of his full term, he should be deemed an escaped convict with respect to his…