State v. Waite
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Howard District Court. — Hon. A. N. Hob-son, Judge. « The defendant is charged with threatening to accuse another of a crime in order to compel him to do an act against his will. From judgment of conviction, imposing a fine of two hundred and fifty dollars, the defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLadd, J.
The defendant at the time of the alleged offense was a clerk in the pension department of the United States, detailed as special examiner. As such, he was directed to investigate the application of one D. P. Andrus for an increase of pension. The latter had made an affidavit, before an examiner named Perham, declaring three letters, purporting to have been written by himself to his wife during the Civil War, genuine. It is claimed by the state that defendant, in order to compel Andrus so to do against his will, threatened him that, unless he made affidavit saying the one before Perham was…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- In Re NeagleSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- Etheridge v. SperrySupreme Court of the United States · 1891
- State v. BrownleeSupreme Court of Iowa · 1892
- Kessler v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1875
- Commonwealth v. JonesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1876
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Hall v. Montgomery Ward & Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1977
- In re WaiteDistrict Court, N.D. Iowa · 1897
- State v. DeboltSupreme Court of Iowa · 1897
- Kennedy v. RobertsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1898
- Sheriff v. TurnerU.S. Circuit Court for the Southern District of Iowa · 1902
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