Kessler v. State

This was an indictment under the act approved March 10th, 1873 (Acts 1873, Reg. Ses., p. 138). The act is as follows: “ That if any person* shall either verbally, or by any letter or writing, or any written or printed communication, demand of any person with menaces, any chattel, money, or other valuable security; or if any person shall accuse, or threaten to accuse, or shall knowingly send or deliver any letter or writing, or any written or printed communication, with or without a name subscribed thereto, or signed with a ficti*230tious ngme, or with any letter, mark, or designation, accusing or…