People v. Adrogna
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Guiseppe Adrogna, from a judgment of the Court of General Sessions of the Peace in and for the county of New York, rendered against the defendant on the 22d day of April, 1909, convicting him of the crime of extortion, and also from orders denying the defendant’s motions for a new trial and in arrest of judgment.
1Opinion of the Court
McLaughlin, J.:
The defendant" appeals from a judgment convicting him of the crime of extortion. The indictment charged, in substance, that on the 1st of November, 1908, he feloniously obtained the sum of seventy-five dollars from one Scarito by means of letters threatening to kill him unless the money were paid. The principal question presented on the appeal is whether the evidence is sufficient to sustain the conviction of the crime charged.
At the trial it appeared that in the month of October, 1908, Scarito received several threatening letters, three of which were introduced in evidence,…
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