Zeilinski v. State

The appellant was charged, tried, and convicted of petit larceny and his sentence was to confinement in the Indiana reformatory for a period of not less than one nor more than three years. At the trial, by instructions asked and refused, and by instructions given and excepted to, the question was presented as to whether the appellant’s punishment might be by confinement in the county jail, and by fine and disfranchisement, as provided by section 3007, Burns’ R. S. 1894.

Evidently the trial court was of the opinion that the act of 1897 establishing the Indiana reformatory, section 8353 (b), et'…