State v. . Beasley

Nine defendants were jointly tried upon three bills of indictment charging that they “did unlawfully and wilfully and feloni-ously forcibly, fraudulently kidnap and carry away” Camelia Price, Ogolia Barber, and Josephine Smith, respectively. O. S., 4221. The defendants Sarah Beasley, alias Sarah Krane, Arthur I. Krane, Clinton Beasley, and Ila Beasley were charged in one bill with kidnapping Camelia Price in Johnston County, on 12 May, 1934; Alex Beasley, Sarah Beasley, alias Sarah Krane, Nellie Beasley, Pearl Beasley, Margaret Lee Keen, and Almon Keen were charged in one bill with kidnapping…