Case Name: UNITED STATES v. SOPER et al.
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1835-11
Citations: 27 F. Cas. 1260
Docket Number: 
Parties: UNITED STATES v. SOPER et al.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Cases
Volume: 27
Pages: 1260–1260

Head Matter:
Case 3STo. 16,353.
UNITED STATES v. SOPER et al.
[4 Cranch, C. C. 623.]
Circuit Court, District of Columbia.
Nov. Term, 1835.
Indictment—Conbfibacy.
The time and place of conspiracy must be alleged in the indictment.

Opinion:
This was an indictment for conspiracy to extort money from one William Hickey, by seizing two of his slaves, and confining them in Maryland, as runaways, so that the defendants [Soper and Webster] might claim the reward allowed by the laws of Maryland for taking up runaway slaves.
After a verdict for the United States, THE COURT, upon motion of the defendants' counsel, arrested the judgment, because there was no time nor place of conspiracy alleged in the indictment