Commonwealth v. Nathan

Opinion by

Henderson, J.,

The defendant was convicted of levying blackmail and extortion of money from one Mary Kodrich and thereafter a motion was made in arrest of judgment which the trial court overruled. The defense was that the defendant’s act was not within the prohibition of the statute. The record does not show that a timely motion to quash the indictment was filed although the counsel for the appellant states in his brief that such a motion was presented but lost from the file. A request for binding instructions in favor of the defendant was orally made at the close of the charge. This…