Legal Opinion
State v. Wainwright
Washington Supreme Court
Decided August 8, 1908No. 7209Published
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Skagit county, Joiner, J., entered June 17, 1907, upon a trial and conviction of the crime of extortion.
1Opinion of the CourtHadley, C. J.
The appellant was prosecuted and convicted in this action for the crime of extortion. The body of the information upon which the prosecution was based reads as follows:
“George L. Wainwright is accused by M. P. Hurd as prosecuting attorney of Skagit county, state of Washington, of the crime of extortion, committed as follows: He the said George L. Wainwright, in the county of Skagit, state of Washington, on, upon, or about the 18th day of February, 1907, then and there being the duly elected, qualified, and acting coroner of Skagit county, Washington, and whose fees are stated by law, did…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Runnells v. FletcherMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1819
- Collier v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1876
- Hays v. StewartTexas Supreme Court · 1852
- Ferkel v. PeopleAppellate Court of Illinois · 1885