State v. M'Roberts

Indictment for kidnapping. The indictment states that the defendant, on, &c., with force and arms, &c., one Susanna, a woman of colour, then and there being found, did then and there forcibly and unlawfully arrest, carry, and convey away to parts without the state of Indiana, to wit, to the state of Kentucky; the defendant not having then and there established a claim upon the services of the said Susanna, either according to the laws of the state of Indiana, or according to the laws of the United States; contrary to the form of the statute.

This indictment was quashed, on the defendant’s…