State v. Pudman

Defendant was charged with a violation of section 43-3202, A.C.A. 1939, commonly referred to as the child stealing statute. He was tried before a jury. At the close of the State's case, a motion for directed verdict on behalf of defendant on the ground of insufficiency of the evidence was made and denied. Defendant offered no evidence. The case was thereupon, after argument and instructions, submitted to the jury which found a verdict of guilty. Motion for new trial was overruled, judgment of conviction entered and sentence imposed, fixing the penalty at confinement in the State Prison for…