State v. Blackington
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On exceptions by the defendant. This is an indictment in which it is alleged that Fred M. Blackington, at Rockland, on March 26, 1913, verbally did feloniously and maliciously threaten to accuse one E. L. Hewett of the crime of selling intoxicating liquor, with intent thereby to extort money from said Hewett. The defendant was tried on said indictment at the April Term, 1913, of the Supreme Judicial Court for the County of Knox, and the jury rendered a verdict of guilty.
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On exceptions by the defendant. This is an indictment in which it is alleged that Fred M. Blackington, at Rockland, on March 26, 1913, verbally did feloniously and maliciously threaten to accuse one E. L. Hewett of the crime of selling intoxicating liquor, with intent thereby to extort money from said Hewett. The defendant was tried on said indictment at the April Term, 1913, of the Supreme Judicial Court for the County of Knox, and the jury rendered a verdict of guilty. The defendant thereafter, before judgment in said case, filed a motion in arrest of judgment in said case. The Justice…
1Opinion of the CourtSpear, J.
This case involves an indictment charging extortion and comes up on exceptions. The indictment contained two counts. But the first count only is in question, and reads as follows: “The Grand Jurors for said State upon their oath present that Fred M. Blackington, of Rockland in' the County of Knox, and State of Maine, on the 26th day of March, 1913, at Rockland, in said County of Knox, verbally did feloniously and maliciously threaten to accuse E. L. Hewett of a certain crime, to wit: the crime of selling intoxicating liquor, in violation of law, with intent thereby to extort money from him…
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