People v. Rosenzweig

The defendant was tried for extortion, as defined by section 850 of the Penal Law. The indictment alleged that the Independent Wet Wash Laundry Co., Inc., was doing business in Kings county; that Louis Boslow and Max Golinsky were its agents and officers, and that the defendant was the business agent of the Laundry Drivers, Chauffeurs and Helpers Union, No. 810. The indictment further states that on or about March 19, 1932, the defendant obtained the sum of $5,000 from these officers of the Independent Wet Wash Laundry Co., Inc., by the wrongful use of fear and by threat to do an unlawful…