Show t rooi th i xo benefit froni the copper act on sentences less than three months yesterday in the territorial supreme court justice li oreman delivered abe opinion of the court on the application of 0 M dokea tor relace abe penitentiary on the of oct 1888 mr was sentenced to a term of eighty five days imprisonment claiming the benefit of the copper act he applied for release but was by norrell on abe ground that abo copper act did not cover periods lees alian three months upon this refusal lie matter mas brought to the attention of alir supreme court and a writ of habeas cordua applied for the court cited the ful loBing sections of alie law relating to matter sec 2 each convict sentenced for any period less than life tt lio has not been guilty of a beeich of the rules of discipline of the prison shall lo 10 entitled to a reduction of lie period of sentence aa hereinafter provided etc wms sec 3 the following de be allotted to convicts lor rood conduct from the term of sentence of three months fifteen davs from a term of eix month days from a term of one year two cavendar months and then follows a detail of the amount of deduction for greater terms of sentence sec 4 in all terms of sentence acrin bating intermediately between the terms hereinbefore fied the deductions eliell be to those named in the foregoing section the court held that the sentence imposed antha petitioner was not a sentence terminating intermediately beaw een the terms hereinbefore specified and therefore denied abe application and remanded the petitioner to the marshals custody |