Legal Opinion
Burns v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided May 17, 1933No. 15+94PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHRISTIAN, Judge.
The offense is extortion; the punishment, confinement in the penitentiary for two years.
In the indictment it was substantially charged that appel*612lant, as sheriff of Shelby county, wilfully demanded and collected from the State of Texas five dollars in money purporting to be a fee for traveling fifty miles in serving J. B. Walker with a subpoena. It was averred that appellant did not actually travel fifty miles, or any part of such distance, in the execution of the subpoena.
A subpoena had been issued commanding J. B. Walker to appear before the district court of Shelby county…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. DawsonTexas Supreme Court · 1888
- Bigham v. JonesTexas Supreme Court · 1927
3Cited by5 opinions
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- Musser v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1938
- United States v. BarkerCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1975
- Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion, Texas Attorney General Reports1953