Commonwealth v. Snow

This indictment charged that the defendant at a specified time and place “did by a written communication maliciously threaten Nora Downs to do an injury to the person and property of said Nora Downs with intent thereby to extort money from the said Nora Downs.” There was evidence tending to show that the defendant secretly and anonymously caused a written communication to be made to *600Nora C. Downs, whereby a threat was made to her in effect that her child would be “grabbed” and kidnapped and her place destroyed if she did not put $500 in cash near a designated tree at a stated hour, and that…