Houston v. State

The jury, to which this case was tried, returned its verdict in the following language: “We, the jury, find the defendant guilty as charged and that he is 59 years of age.” Upon this verdict, the court made its judgment in the following language: “It is therefore by the court ordered and adjudged that the said defendant for the offense by him committed be imprisoned in the Indiana State Prison for a period of not less than two (2) years nor more than twenty-one (21) years, and that he pay and satisfy the costs and charges herein taxed at $.......”

Upon his appeal, appellant assigns as…