State v. Wade

EOY, C.

A jury convicted defendant of taking Elsie Brown, a female person under eighteen years of age, from her father, Harry E. Brown, in legal charge of the person of said Elsie, without the father’s consent, for purposes of concubinage. His punishment was fixed at two years in the penitentiary.

Hon. Carr McNatt, the regular judge, was disqualified by defendant’s application for a change of venue from him, and Judge B. G. Thurman of the 26th Judicial Circuit was called in and tried the case.

The record proper makes no mention of the filing or overruling of the motion for a new trial, and for…