State v. Newman
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Peter L. Newmau and William J. Sullivan were indicted by the grand jury, tried in the district court for Crow Wing county before McClenahan, J., and a jury, and convicted of the crime of kidnapping. From an order denying their motion for a new trial, defendants appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtBunn, J.
Defendants Newman and Sullivan, with two others, were tried' jointly on an indictment charging them with the crime of kidnapping. The jury acquitted the other defendants, but found Newman and Sullivan guilty. They moved for a new trial, and appealed from an order denying the same.
It is claimed, though not very strenuously, that the evidence is not sufficient to justify a verdict of guilty.
G. S. 1913, § 8628, so far as material here, reads as follows:. “Every person who shall wilfully: 1st. Seize, confine or inveigle another, with intent to cause him, without authority of law, to be secretly…
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