Case Name: SKELTON v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1918-11-06
Citations: 206 S.W. 346
Docket Number: No. 5164
Parties: SKELTON v. STATE.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter
Volume: 206
Pages: 346–347

Head Matter:
SKELTON v. STATE.
(No. 5164.)
(Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
Nov. 6, 1918.)
Criminal Law @=>1159(5) — Review—Suspended Sentence — Discretion of Jury.
Where one accused of hog theft pleads guilty and pz’ays for a suspended sentence, whether such sentence will be awarded is exclusively within the discretion of the jury, whose decision will not be reversed. ,
Appeal from District Court, Walker County ; E. A. Berry, Judge.
Joe Skelton was convicted of hog theft, and he appeals.
Affirmed.
E. B. Hendricks, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State,

Opinion:
DAVIDSON, P. J.
Appellant was convicted of hog theft under a plea of guilty and allotted two years in the penitentiary.
He filed a plea for suspended sentence, which the jury did not award. The only ground of the motion for new trial is based upon the failure or refusal of the jury to award the suspended sentence. The evidence is clear that he had never been charged with any violation of the law prior to this, and had borne a good reputation. The jury saw proper not to award him the suspended sentence, and this court would not be justified in reversing for this reason. It is a matter peculiarly within the province of the jury to decide, and, having decided it, this court would not feel authorized to reverse their finding.
The judgment will be affirmed.