Wallace v. State

At the December, 191.1, term of the district court for Buffalo county Robert J. Wallace, hereafter called the defendant, was convicted of the crime of hog stealing, and was sentenced to the penitentiary for a period of not less than one year, nor more than five years, “as shall hereafter be determined by the prison board.” To reverse that judgment the defendant has prosecuted error.

His assignments, are: First, the verdict of the jury is not sustained by the evidence; second, the sentence of the court is contrary to law; third, the sentence of the court by reason of its being indefinite in…