Bulfin v. State

The indictment in this case charged T. W. Bulfin with blackmail, in that he, verbally and in writing, charged different per*359sons with various misdemeanors, — in some instances with threatening to prosecute his victim, and in others with both arresting and threatening to prosecute him, with the intent to extort money fiom him. The defendant demurred to the indictment and the several counts thereof, (1) because “said indictment in its various counts sets forth no crime against the laws of Georgia, and does not with any definiteness charge this defendant with a violation of any law of Georgia;”…