State v. Cooper

This is an indictment for extortion, preferred against the defendant in error, a justice of the peace of Shelby county, in the criminal court of that county. The defendant by counsel moved the court to quash the indictment, and his motion was sustained, and the indictment quashed.' Thereupon the district attorney, for the State, excepted to the ruling of the court, and prayed and was granted an appeal to this, court. The record fails to disclose the grounds of the motion of the defendant, and no brief has been filed in his behalf.

The charge in the indictment is that the defendant demanded and…