Marshall v. State

Appellant was charged with kidnaping a 16-year old girl in Wayne County, Indiana. The affidavit against him was filed in the Circuit Court of that county. Subsequently the venue was changed to the Randolph Circuit Court where the case was tried before a jury, which returned a verdict of guilty.

The statute alleged to have been violated is § 10-2901, Burns’ 1942 Replacement, which, so far as it is material in consideration of this case, reads as follows:

“Whoever kidnaps, or forcibly or fraudulently carries off or decoys from any place within this state, . . . any person, ... is guilty of…