Mathews v. State

The Appellant, Robert Barclay Mathews, was charged with the crimes of kidnapping and rape by an indictment in two counts returned by the Marion County Grand Jury. The issues were closed upon a plea of not guilty. The trial was had, without the intervention of a jury, resulting in a finding of not guilty as to Count One (kidnapping) and a finding of guilty as to Count Two (rape). Appellant was sentenced to the Indiana State Prison for a period of not less than two nor more than twenty-one years; he was fined $1.00 and costs and disfranchised and rendered incapable of holding any office of…