United States v. Cole

(charging jury). The indictment against the defendants contains two counts. Both counts charge a conspiracy; the first to hold in a condition of peonage one Judge Johnson, and the second to hold in a condition of peonage Hagar Johnson. In the first count it is charged that the defendants conspired and agreed to hold the said Judge Johnson in a condition of peonage by, deceitfully and against his will, carrying him from Seguin, Tex., to the parish of Ouachita, in the state of Louisiana, and there to compel the said Judge Johnson against his will to work for J. T. Cole in payment of a debt…