People v. . Hughes
New York Court of Appeals
' Appeal from' a judgment of the general term of the supreme court, fifth department, affirming judgment of conviction at oyer and "terminer, entered upon the verdict.
1Opinion of the CourtFinch, J.
The prisoner was convicted of extortion. The verdict of the jury establishes that, availing himself of his position as the head of a labor organization, with branches in almost all sections of the country, he-first threatened and then put into operation a scheme for lessening and damaging, and to some extent destroying the business of a firm of clothing manufacturers because they did not at once obey his demands in respect to the number of apprentices they should employ; and, when they submitted to his dictation and apologized for seeking to do their own business in their own way instead of…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Miles v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1881
- Brotherton v. . the PeopleNew York Court of Appeals · 1878
- People v. . BarondessNew York Court of Appeals · 1892
- People v. WaymanNew York Court of Appeals · 1891
- People v. BorgesNew York Court of General Session of the Peace · 1858
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- People v. HarrisNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
- People v. DioguardiNew York Court of Appeals · 1960
- People v. SchmitzCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1908
- Lambert v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1949
- People v. BellingerNew York Court of Appeals · 1935
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