State v. Higgs

Defendant was convicted in the Circuit Court of Ray County, under Section 3269, Revised Statutes 1919, of the felony of kidnapping one Milo Rone. The verdict of the jury found defendant guilty, and assessed his punishment at seven years in the penitentiary. Defendant appealed from the judgment entered on the verdict.

The evidence submitted warrants the finding that, on May 23, 1928, about three o'clock in the afternoon, defendant, accompanied by one Reidl, so drove an Overland coach that it collided with a Buick automobile driven by one of two sisters who occupied it. The cars were wrecked.…