Thompson v. State

Appellant was charged by affidavit with the crime of kidnapping as defined by §10-2901 Burns’ St. Ann. 1933, §2418 Baldwin’s Ind. St. 1934. There was a motion to quash the affidavit, which was overruled. Trial was had by jury, which returned a verdict of guilty. The court overruled appellant’s motion for a new trial. The errors assigned relate to the overruling the motion to quash, and his motion for a new trial.

The affidavit upon which appellant was tried, omitting the formal parts, reads as follows:

“Rosalie Hawkins being duly sworn upon oath says that within said County of Boone, State of…