While petitioner was released on parole under a felony conviction he was prosecuted and convicted by the Federal authorities for receiving and selling narcotic drugs (U. S. Code, tit. 21, §§ 173, 174). The latter section provides that a person convicted thereof shall be subject to imprisonment of 5 to 20 years and a fine of $20,000. The New York statute (Penal Law, § 1751) provides that selling narcotic drugs or possessing them with intent to sell, is a felony...
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