{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-265-27","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 265, § 27","heading":"Kidnapping; venue","body":"Section 27. A crime described in section twenty-six may be tried in the county where committed or in any county in or to which the person so seized, inveigled or kidnapped is confined, held, carried or brought; and upon the trial of any such crime, the consent thereto of the person so seized, inveigled, kidnapped or confined shall not be a defence unless the jury finds that such consent was not obtained by fraud or extorted by duress or threats.","path":["Part IV","Title I","Chapter 265"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartIV/TitleI/Chapter265/Section27","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:25:10Z","sha256":"dfc16cdd079d9e37ee95a71be2b1186ea7c6011f8fbad0c13e0c85204083b23e","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-265-26d","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-265-27a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}