 | Robert Stewart Morrison - 1884 - 778 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... | |
 | William Blackstone - 1885 - 626 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... | |
 | Seymour Frederick Harris - 1885 - 516 pàgines
...consists in an officer's unlawfully taking, by color of his office, from any man, any money or tldng of value that is not due to him, or more than is due, or before it is due.(^) But it is not criminal to take a reward, voluntarily given, and winch has been usual in the case, for... | |
 | 1901 - 1036 pàgines
...defined to be the corrupt and unlawful taking by any officer of the law, under color of his office, of any money or thing of value that Is not due to him, or the corrupt or unlawful taking of any money or thing of value, under color of his office, in excess... | |
 | Charles John Smith - 1890 - 802 pàgines
...DKYI>EN. " Extortion, ia an abase of the public justice, which consists in any officer's uuluwfully taking by colour of his office from any man any money...him, or more than is due, or before it is due."— BLACKSTOJTH. EXAGGERATION. HYBERBOLE. EXAGGERATION (literally a heading up; Lat. eiaggVrationem) is... | |
 | John C. Devereux - 1891 - 432 pàgines
...administration and under the color of their office. 22. Extortion, or an officer's unlawfully taking, by color of his office, from any man, any money or thing of...to him, or more than is due, or before it is due. 3. What is the offense of obstructing an arrest upon criminal process ?— 129. It has been held that... | |
 | Joel Prentiss Bishop - 1892 - 922 pàgines
...V. § 573. Extortion, — as defined by Blackstone, is " any officer's unlawfully taking, by color of his office, from any man any money or thing of...to him, or more than is due, or before it is due. " 1 § 574. General Rules governing the Foregoing Offences : — 1. Physical Force, — directed by... | |
 | Charles John Smith - 1893 - 796 pàgines
...sooU exact reward at last." DBTDES. ** Extortion is an abose of the public jnstioe. which consists in any officer's unlawfully taking by colour of his...office from any man any money or thing of value that is nit dee to him, or more than is due, or '- iore it is due.** — BUCKSTONE. EXAGGERATION. HYBERBOLE.... | |
 | James Crankshaw - 1895 - 768 pàgines
...value that is not due. (1) According to Bluckstone, it is "any officer's unlawful taking, by color of his office, from any man, any money or thing of...to him, or MORE than is due, or BEFORE it is due." (2) It has been held to be extortion in any under-sheriff to obtain his fees by refusing to execute... | |
 | Indiana. Appellate Court - 1895 - 786 pàgines
...than our statutory extortion. Extortion, at common law, was "any officer's unlawfully taking, by color of his office, from any man, any money or thing of value that is not due to him, or is more than is due, or before it is due." 4 Black. Com. 141; 1 Bishop Com. Law, section 573. The distinction... | |
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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). 
