Voorhees v. Nelson

The trial court advised the jury:

“You will readily see it all gets down to the question of whether Voorhees at the time he paid this money over was acting as a free moral agent. Did he have his will power and exercise it there? It is not sufficient for him to show to you that the threats were made; that alone is not enough. It is not enough for him to show that the threats were made and that he had some fear of arrest or some fears that the government would take some proceedings against him or investigate further. That is not sufficient. But in order to recover here, he must show to you that…