Trosper v. State

The plaintiff in error, hereinafter referred to as defendant, prosecutes error proceedings to this court from a conviction for violation of section 28-453, Comp. St. 1929. The statute provides: “Whoever, either verbally or by written or printed communication, either by himself or by an agent, maliciously threatens to accuse another of a crime or offense, or to do any injury to the person or property of another, with intent to extort money or pecuniary advantage whatever, either for his benefit or for the benefit of another, or to compel the person so threatened to do any act against his will,…