State v. Sutton

The indictment professes to charge the appellee with the offence of kidnapping, as defined in section 1915, of the criminal code.

The first count thus charges the offence: “ That Auzley Sutton, on the 5th day of April, 1886, at the county and State aforesaid, did then and there feloniously, forcibly and fraudulently carry away from his place of residence and imprison Joel R. King forcibly and against his will; that said forcible and fraudulent arrest of him, the said Joel R. King, was not then and there in pursuance of any law of the State of Indiana, nor in pursuance to any law of the United…