Henry v. State of Florida

In this ease the plaintiff in error was convicted under provisions of Section 5092, Revised General Statutes of Florida, of tbe offense of verbally, maliciously threatening to accuse another .of crime with intent thereby to extort money from the person so threatened and was sentenced to serve a term of one year at hard labor in the State Prison for sucb offense, to which judgment he sued out writ of error to this Court. After the verdict was rendered finding the plaintiff in error here, the defendant in the court below, guilty, counsel for the defendant contended that the defendant was absent…