Tynes v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the County Court of Kaufman. Tried below before the Hon. J. E. Dillard, County Judge. The gravamen of the offense charged against the appellant in this case was that, for the purpose of extorting money from J. D. Stocking, he sent to the said J. D. Stocking a written letter to kill the said Stocking and destroy his property should he fail and refuse to pay the sum of money demanded.
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Appeal from the County Court of Kaufman. Tried below before the Hon. J. E. Dillard, County Judge. The gravamen of the offense charged against the appellant in this case was that, for the purpose of extorting money from J. D. Stocking, he sent to the said J. D. Stocking a written letter to kill the said Stocking and destroy his property should he fail and refuse to pay the sum of money demanded. Being upon the information, his punishment was affixed at a fine of $250, and confinement in the county jail for the period of six months. The statement of facts discloses a case at once rare and…
1Opinion of the Court
White, Pbesiding Judge,
Appellant was tried and convicted upon an information brought under the provisions of article 813 of the Penal Code, which reads: “If any person shall knowingly send or deliver to another any letter or writing, whether signed or not, threatening to accuse such other person of a criminal offense with a view of extorting money, property, thing of value, or any advantage whatever, from such other person, or threatening to kill or in any manner to injure the person of such other, or to burn or otherwise -destroy or injure any of his property, real or personal, or to do any…
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