Commonwealth v. Wilson
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 66, April T., 1906, by defendant, from judgment of Q. S. Allegheny Co., March T., 1905, No. 608, on verdict of guilty in case of Commonwealth v. James Wilson. Indictment for extortion at common law. Before Mc-Clttng, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Defendant presented the following points : 1. That even if the testimony of the commonwealth is believed the defendant is not guilty of extortion as alleged in the indictment.
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Appeal, No. 66, April T., 1906, by defendant, from judgment of Q. S. Allegheny Co., March T., 1905, No. 608, on verdict of guilty in case of Commonwealth v. James Wilson. Indictment for extortion at common law. Before Mc-Clttng, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Defendant presented the following points : 1. That even if the testimony of the commonwealth is believed the defendant is not guilty of extortion as alleged in the indictment. Answer: Refused. [1] 2. That under all the evidence in the case the verdict ought to be for the defendant. Answer: Refused. [2] 5.…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Rice, P. J.,
At the time the offense (extortion at common law) charged in the indictment is alleged to have been committed, the defendant was one of the two captains of police in the city of Allegheny. The lieutenants of police and patrolmen in the several wards of the city were his subordinates, and his immediate superior was .the superintendent of police. There was evidence adduced at the trial from which a jury could find that Frances Foley, who had been keeping an assignation house in the city, on April 1, 1904, leased a house on the opposite side of the street, and was desirous…
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