Barber v. State
Supreme Court of Florida
Error to the Circuit Court for Orange county. Moses E. Barber and others were jointly indicted by the grand jury for Orange county, at the Fall term of the circuit court, 1869, for the false imprisonment of one George Bass.
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Error to the Circuit Court for Orange county. Moses E. Barber and others were jointly indicted by the grand jury for Orange county, at the Fall term of the circuit court, 1869, for the false imprisonment of one George Bass. The body of the indictment is as follows: “ Orange County, to-wit: The Grand Jurors of the State of Florida, empanelled and sworn to inquire and true presentment make in and for the body of the county of Orange aforesaid, upon their oath do present that Moses E. Barber, Moses F. Barber and Thomas Johnson, all late of the county of Orange, laborers, on the nineteenth day of…
1Opinion of the Court
EAHDALL, O. J.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
The laws of 1868, p. 68, § 43, provide as follows : “ Whoever, without lawful authority, forcibly or secretly confine or imprison another person within this State against his will, and confines or inveigles, or kidnaps another person, with intent either to cause him to be secretly confined or imprisoned in this State against his will, or to cause him to be sent out of this State against his will, and whoever sells, or in any manner transfers for any time, the services or labor of any other person who has been unlawfully seized, taken,…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- United States v. MarchantSupreme Court of the United States · 1827
- People v. BodineCourt for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors · 1845
- Gladden v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1868
- O'Connor v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1860
3Cited by19 opinions
- State v. DiGuilioSupreme Court of Florida · 1986
- State v. BryanSupreme Court of Florida · 1905
- State ex rel. West v. ButlerSupreme Court of Florida · 1915
- Russell v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1916
- Ellis v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1889
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