People v. Wickes
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Thomas P. Wickes, froto a judgment of the Supreme Court*, rendered .on the 21st day of December, 1905, upon the verdict of a jury after a trial at the Dew York Trial Term, convicting the defendant of the crime of blackmail.
1Opinion of the Court
Clarke, J.:
In March, 1901, Dr. As'hbel P. Grinnell.of Burlington, Yt., was arrested at the Grand Central Station in the city of Dew York, as, with his wife, he-.was about to take a train for- his home. The arrest was made because one-Edward Weston had identified Dr. Grinnell as one Ráymor, wlio-had theretofore obtained certain sums of money from Weston by false representations. Dr, Grinnell’s identity was soon established, and, after a short detention,' he was *41released from custody. Thereafter Grinneli brought a civil action in the Supreme Court in the county of Hew York against Weston for…
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