Ex Parte Morton
California Supreme Court
.HABEAS CORPUS in the Supreme Court to the Warden of the State Prison to test the validity of a sentence of the Superior Court of the City and County of San Francisco to commence at the expiration of a prior sentence. F. W. Van Reynegom, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtBeatty, C.J.
—The prisoner was convicted of the crime of assault with intent to commit murder, and on the 19th of July, 1890, was sentenced to be imprisoned at' Folsom for a term of ten years. Subsequently, on the seventh day of August, 1890, he was found guilty of burglary in the second degree, and on the ninth day of the same month was sentenced to be imprisoned at Folsom for a term of five years, “ to commence at the expiration of the term of imprisonment defendant is now serving in the state prison at Folsom for assault to commit murder.” Ever since the second sentence he has been continuously in the…
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