People v. Barondess
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from court of oyer and terminer, New York county. Reversed. Indictment against Joseph Barondess for extortion. At the close of the case for the prosecution defendant moved for an acquittal, which was denied, and he excepted. There was a verdict of guilty, and from judgment thereon he appeals.
1Dissent
Daniels, J.,
(dissenting.) The indictment charged the defendant with having obtained a check for the sum of $100, and of the value of that amount, from Abraham Popkin and Abraham Marks, who were copartners in trade, carrying on business in the city of New York as cloak manufacturers, by means of a threat made by him to them to do an unlawful injury to their *442property; that is to say, to injure and destroy their business, and prevent and hinder them from carrying on the same. It appeared by the evidence that these two persons were cloak manufacturers employing a large number of persons in that…
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