O'Neil v. State

[EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] The plaintiffs in error, Frank L. O'Neil and Eugene Klink, were brought to trial on an information charging each of them with violating sec. 340.45, Stats., by maliciously threatening to prosecute Clara Lehman on a charge of criminal libel with the intent thereby to extort $1,400 from her. The jury found both defendants guilty of the charge alleged, and the court entered judgments approving the convictions and imposing a fine of $500 on Klink and $100 on O'Neil,…