Brown v. State

Appellant, with two other persons, was charged by affidavit with the crime of kidnaping under §1, of ch. 154, p. 477, of the Acts of 1929, being §10-2901, Burns’ 1942 Replacement, tried separately by jury, found guilty and sentenced to the Indiana State Prison for life.

Three questions are presented by the appeal and all will be considered because the two which are not determinative of the result reached herein are likely to arise on a retrial of the case.

1. Is the evidence sufficient to sustain a conviction for kidnaping ?

2. Did the trial court err in admitting in evidence a purported signed…