Case Name: Barnard v. The State
Court: Supreme Court of Indiana
Jurisdiction: Indiana
Decision Date: 1898-04-29
Citations: 150 Ind. 701
Docket Number: No. 18,606
Parties: Barnard v. The State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Indiana Reports
Volume: 150
Pages: 701–701

Head Matter:
Barnard v. The State.
[No. 18,606.
Filed April 29, 1898.]
From the Hancock Circuit Court.
Reversed.
Mason & Jackson and Marsh & Cook, for appellant.
John F. Wiggins and R. A. Black, for State.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
The question in -this case is as to the right of one charged with petit larceny to have the jury instructed that it is proper to determine whether the punishment, in the event of a finding of guilt, should be by imprisonment in the county jail, instead of the penitentiary or reformatory.
As held by this court in Hicks v. State, ante, 293, and Zeilinski v. State, ante, 700, such right exists, and such instruction should be given. On the authority of these cases, this judgment is reversed, with instructions to the lower court to grant a new trial.