State v. Barbour

BOBBITT, Chief Justice.

At common law and as used in G.S. 14-39, the word “kidnap” means the unlawful taking and carrying away of a human being by force and against his will. State v. Lowry, 263 N.C. 536, 139 S.E. 2d 870 (1965), appeal dismissed and certiorari denied, 382 U.S. 22, 15 L. Ed. 2d 16, 86 S.Ct. 227 (1965).

“The use of actual physical force or violence is not always essential to the commission of the offense of kidnapping .... The crime of kidnapping is frequently committed by threats and intimidation and appeals to the fears of the victim which are sufficient to put an ordinarily…