Whitson v. State

Appellant, together with others, was charged by indictment with having committed the crime of petit larceny. A motion to quash the indictment was denied, and upon his plea of “not guilty” he was separately tried by the court, and convicted of the crime as charged. It was further found that he was of the age of twelve years, and, over his motions in arrest of judgment and for a new trial, the court rendered its judgment, committing him to the Indiana Reform School for Boys, there to remain until he had attained the age of twenty-one years, unless sooner discharged by the board of control. From…