State v. Richards
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Clallam county, Ralston, J., entered November 28, 1916, upon a trial and conviction of blackmail.
1Opinion of the CourtMorris, J.
Appellant was charged jointly with Edgar G. Mills with the crime of blackmail, and appeals from a separate trial and conviction.
The first question raised is the sufficiency of the information. The information is too long to set forth as a whole. It charges that the appellant and Edgar G. Mills, with the intent to extort and gain $24,000 from one Thompson, unlawfully and feloniously sought to compel Thompson to execute to appellant a ninety-nine year lease of certain real property owned by Thompson and sign other valuable papers under threats of accusing Thompson of assault, blackmail,…
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