People v. Whaley

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6 Cow. 661

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remarking that the jury found that the defendant accepted payment “with the corrupt intent charged in the indictment”
remarking that the jury found that the defendant accepted payment \with the corrupt intent charged in the indictment\
affirming the extortion conviction of a justice of the peace who had charged a litigant a court fee when none was due
affirming the extortion conviction of a justice of the peace who had charged a litigant a court fee when none was due
“Extortion signifies, in an enlarged sense, any oppression under color of right. In a stricter sense, it signifies the taking of money by any officer, by color of his office; either, where none at all is due, or not so much due, or when it is not yet due”
justice of the peace properly indicted for extorting money

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Judges: Savage

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