Walker v. Dorminey

Walker, was indicted for simple larceny, being charged with the offense of hog-stealing. On the trial of the case the jury found the defendant guilty, and recommended that he be punished as for a misdemeanor. The trial judge approved the recommendation of the jury and sentenced the accused as for a misdemeanor, the sentence being for eight months on the chain-gang, with the provision . that after serving four months of the sentence the defendant could *636bo discharged upon the payment of a fine of one hundred and twenty-live dollars. The defendant was thereupon remanded into the custody of the…