State v. Davidson

This case is pending on the State’s appeal. The indictment in its first count charges that W. M. Davidson “heretofore, to wit, on the — day of August, 1914, in said county and State, did unlawfully and feloniously take Carrie Stokes, a female, from her husband, W. F. Jenkins, the person having legal charge of the said Carrie Stokes Jenkins, without his consent, for the purpose of prostitution, against the peace and dignity of the State.” In its second count the indictment charged a taking of the same female from the same custody, for the purpose of concubinage.

The indictment was met by a…