Dean v. State

The plaintiff in error was convicted of extortion. His petition for certiorari was overruled, and he excepted.

1. The defendant demurred to the indictment upon the grounds: (1) It sets out no particular act or conduct of the defendant. (2) It does not set forth whether the defendant was executing, or pretended to execute, some legal or purported legal paper under the color of his office. (3) It does not describe the offense of extortion with sufficient certainty to put the defendant on notice as to what he must defencj. (4) It does not allege any particular act on the part of the defendant in…