People v. Choynski

The appellant was convicted of a felony, to wit, sending a threatening letter with intent to-extort money, and now prosecutes an appeal to this court from the judgment and order denying his motion for a new trial. The prosecution is based upon section 523 of the Penal Code, which reads as follows: “'Every person who, with intent to extort any money or other property from another, sends or delivers to any person any letter or other writing, whether subscribed or not, expressing or implying, or adapted to imply, any threat such as is specified in section 519, is punishable,” etc. The letter…