AFFIRMED.
McALLISTER, C.J.
The defendant was convicted of burglary not in a dwelling and sentenced to eight years in the penitentiary. The maximum sentence authorized by statute is ten years.
The only contention on appeal is that the sentence constituted cruel and unusual punishment and was not founded upon principles of reformation, but rather upon vindictive justice. Oregon Constitution, Art I, §§ 15, 16.
It is admitted that defendant...
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