State v. Barr

Citations

• 67 Wash. 87
• 120 P. 509
• 1912 Wash. LEXIS 1122

Syllabus

<p>Extortion — Elements of Offense — Extortion ry Threats. The defendants are guilty of extortion hy threats, where they accused the prosecuting witness of adultery and demanded the payment of money as satisfaction, which he at first refused, although they later enforced their demands by violence.</p> <p>Same — Value of Property — Check Without Cash Value. Under Rem. & Bal. Code, § 2610, defining extortion of money or property by threats or accusation of crime, and §.2303, providing that the word “property” shall include all instruments or writings completed and ready to be delivered by which any right is or purports to be evidenced or created, one may be guilty of extorting a check, although it had no actual cash value from the fact that it would not have been cashed; as the claim which might have been made thereon imported value.</p>