 | Samuel Robinson Clarke - 1872 - 762 pàgines
...the office. (e) Extortion signifies the unlawful taking by any officer,, by colour of his office, of any money or thing of value that is not due to him, or more than his due, or before it is due. (f) This offence is of the degree of misdemeanor and all persons concerned... | |
 | Samuel Robinson Clarke - 1872 - 762 pàgines
...tie office, (c) Extortion signifies the unlawful taking by any officer,, by colour of his office, of any money or thing of value that is not due to him, or more than his due, or before it is due. (f) This offence is of the degree of misdemeanor ind all persons concerned... | |
 | David Mitchell Aird - 1873 - 366 pàgines
...punishable by fine and imprisonment. XVII. Extortion is an abuse of public justice, which consists in any officer's unlawfully taking, by colour of his...him, or more than is due, or before it is due. The punishment is fine and imprisonment, and sometimes a forfeiture of office. XVIII. Negligence of officers... | |
 | Henry John Stephen - 1874 - 724 pàgines
...(r) Hawk. PC b. 1, c. 68; and [XIX. Lastly, extortion is an abuse of public justice ; which consists in any officer's unlawfully taking, by colour of his...him, or more than is due, or before it is due. The punishment for this misdemeanor is fine and imprisonment, and sometimes a forfeiture of the office... | |
 | William Blackstone - 1876 - 658 pàgines
...abuse of public justice, which consists in any officer's unlawfully taking, by colour of his ofiice, from any man, any money or thing of value, that is...to him, or more than is due, or before it is due. (и) The punishment is fine and imprisonment, and sometimes a forfeiture of the office. (29) CHAPTER... | |
 | Edgar Dyke Whitmarsh - 1877 - 620 pàgines
...greediness. The English word extortion is an abuse of the public justice, which consists in an officer unlawfully taking by colour of his office, from any...to him, or more than is due, or before it is due. — SIR W. BLACKSTONE, Commentaries, book iv. c. I. SINS MENTIONED IN GAL. v. 19-21. ' They which do... | |
 | William Blackstone - 1877 - 640 pàgines
...20. Lastly, Extortion ; which consists in an officer's unlawfully taking, by colour of his office, any money or thing of value, that is not due to him, or more than is due, or before it is due. The punishment for this offence, which is fortunately equally rare, is fine and imprisonment, and sometimes... | |
 | Lorenzo Smith Boswell Sawyer, United States. Circuit Court (9th Circuit) - 1877 - 740 pàgines
...etc. Extortion is thus defined : It is the unlawful taking by any officer, by color of his office, of any money or thing of value that is not due to him, or the taking of any money or thing of value, by color of his office, in excess of what is due him, or... | |
 | Samuel Robinson Clarke - 1878 - 486 pàgines
...profitable,, will also generally ensue. Extortion in the more strict sense of the word, consists in an officer's unlawfully taking, by colour of his office,...to him, or more than is due, or before it is due. This offence is of the degree of misdemeanor, and all persons concerned therein, if guilty at all,... | |
 | Jabez Franklin Cowdery - 1878 - 842 pàgines
...writings, etc. EXTORTION. Extortion. — The unlawful taking by any officer, by color of his office, of any money or thing of value that is not due to him, or more than is due, or before it is due. See CKIMES AND PUNISHMENTS. EXTRADITION. Extradition. — The surrender by one state to another, on... | |
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Lastly, extortion is an abuse of public justice, which consists in any officer's unlawfully taking, by colour of his office, from any man, any money or thing of value, that is not due to him, or more than is due, or before it is due (w). 
