Norton v. Vesta Coal Co.

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• affirming the extortion conviction of two constables who wrongfully demanded a fee for executing a warrant
• affirming the extortion conviction of two constables who wrongfully demanded a fee for executing a warrant
• “The common-law offense of extortion is said ‘to be an abuse of public justice, which consists in any officer’s unlawfully taking by color of his office, from any man, any money or thing of value that is not due him, or more than is due him, or before it is due’ ”

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