ยง 320. Who may apply for appointment of committee. When ever any
person has been convicted and sentenced to imprisonment in this state
for life, the husband, wife, relatives or next of kin or any creditor of
such person may apply to the supreme court, at a special term thereof in
the judicial district in which said person resided at the time of his
conviction, for the appointment of a committee of such person's estate,
both real and personal.