Gravett v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Criminal Law. Laws. Construction Practice in Superior Court. Charge of Court Evidence. Infants. Witness. Kidnapping. Before Judge Harris. Carroll Superior Court. October Adjourned Term, 1883. To the report contained in the decision, it is only necessary to add the following: YY. C. Gravett was indicted for kidnapping Euphrasia S. Noles, a child of E. M. Noles, under eighteen years of age.
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Criminal Law. Laws. Construction Practice in Superior Court. Charge of Court Evidence. Infants. Witness. Kidnapping. Before Judge Harris. Carroll Superior Court. October Adjourned Term, 1883. To the report contained in the decision, it is only necessary to add the following: YY. C. Gravett was indicted for kidnapping Euphrasia S. Noles, a child of E. M. Noles, under eighteen years of age. The indictment charged that the defendant “ did fraudulently lead, take, carry, decoy and entice away’’ this child, against the will and without the consent of her parents. After conviction, the defendant…
1Opinion of the Court
Hall, Justice.
I. The bill of indictment charged the defendant with fraudulently leading, taking, carrying, decoying and enticing away the daughter of the prosecutor, a child under eighteen years of age, without the consent of her parents, and is substantially in the language of §4368 of the Code.
The court charged the jury that kidnapping, under this section of the Code, was the forcible, malicious or fraudulent leading, taking or carrying away, or decoying or enticing away, any. child under the age of eighteen years from its parent or guardian, or against his, her or their will or wills, or…
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