EARL, J. The defendant was indicted and upon his trial convicted of an attempt to commit the crime of extortion in the city of New York on the 4th day of December, 1892, by attempting to obtain $150 from Catharine Amos by threatening to accuse her of keeping a house of prostitution. The following are the sections of the Penal Code under which he was convicted: Sec. 552. “Extortion i…
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