This is a petition for a writ of mandamus to restrain the commissioner of correction from applying the provisions of St. 1955, c. 770, § 121A, in computing the date when the petitioner is entitled to be discharged from Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Walpole, formerly called the State prison, and to order the commissioner to issue to the petitioner a certificate of discharge.
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