PAYNE v. COMMONWEALTH


110 S.E.2d 252 (1959)

201 Va. 209

James O. PAYNE v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

September 3, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold H. Purcell, Louisa, George P. Smith, Jr., Palymra, for plaintiff in error.

John W. Knowles, Asst. Atty. Gen. (A. S. Harrison, Jr., Atty. Gen., on the brief), for defendant in error.

Before EGGLESTON, C. J., and SPRATLEY, BUCHANAN, MILLER, WHITTLE, SNEAD and I'ANSON, JJ.


WHITTLE, Justice.

Payne was indicted in the Circuit Court of Orange County for having unlawfully and feloniously seized, taken and secreted one Barbara Ann Loyd, twelve years of age, from her father and mother, on or about February 19, 1958, in violation of Code, § 18-47.1

On May 28, 1958, Payne was arraigned, and upon his plea of not guilty, was tried by a jury which returned a verdict of guilty, fixing his punishment at...

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