Kent v. Commonwealth

Robert C. Kent, Jr., was indicted, tried, and convicted under section 4407 of the Code of Virginia, as amended by Acts 1934, chapter 338, for the kidnapping of one Mary J. Hastings, and sentenced to confinement in the penitentiary for thirteen years.

Section 4407 as amended reads as follows:

“Kidnapping, or threatening or attempting to kidnap, with intent to extort money; how punished.—If any person seize, take or secrete any other person with intent to extort money, or pecuniary benefit, he shall be punished with death, or within the discretion of the jury be confined in the penitentiary not…