COMMUTATIONS
January 5, 1899. Patrick Sullivan. Sentenced December 14, 1894;
county, Onondaga; crime, burglary, third degree, and assault, first
degree, after petit larceny; term, fifteen years; prison, Auburn.
Commuted to ten years, subject to legal deduction for good
conduct.
Sullivan was convicted in Onondaga county in December, 1894, of
burglary in the third degree and assault in the first degree, both crimes
being charged as second offenses, he having been previously convicted
of petit larceny. He committed the burglary in the daytime, while the
occupants of the house were absent, and stole property worth about
$20. Being pursued by an officer, he pointed a revolver at him, but
made no attempt to shoot. For the burglary, he was sentenced to
imprisonment for ten years, and for the assault upon the officer to
imprisonment for a further term of five years. He was nineteen years
old when convicted. The judge who presided at the trial writes that he
regarded the assault as a small matter, but felt bound to impose
sentence on conviction. He could not, under the statute, impose less
than five years, He and the district attorney regard the case as a proper
one for clemency. Arrangements have been made to take Sullivan,
when released, to the residence of a relative, where he will be properly
provided for, and be subject to such influences as will tend to keep
him from criminal practices.