State v. Crafton

This appeal on questions of law is from a conviction and sentence for child-stealing under Section 2901.33, Revised Code.

The indictment in two counts charged, in substance, the defendant with the child-stealing of her two children, one aged 10, the other aged 7, from Erman W. Kirkman, their father and “the person having lawful charge and custody thereof.” The defendant is the natural mother of the two children named in the indicment.

The indictment grew out of a divorce decree granted in Louisville, Kentucky, in which Erman W. Kirkman, former husband of the defendant and father of the…