 | United States - 1911 - 550 pàgines
...Gen.. 363. Extortion is defined aa "the unlawful taking by an officer, under color 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." (4 Blacks. Com., 141. See also United States r. Deaver, 14 Fed. Rep.,... | |
 | 1917 - 1240 pàgines
...but in a more strict sense, signifies 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. . . . And generally, no public officer may take any other fees or rewards for doing anything relating... | |
 | William Mark McKinney, Burdett Alberto Rich - 1915 - 1322 pàgines
...the common law extortion is defined as 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.1 In most of the states the crime of extortion is defined by statutes which substantially are declaratory... | |
 | William Hawley Atwell - 1916 - 818 pàgines
...extortion to be "that abuse of public justice which consists in 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, obtaining money or other valuable thing by compulsion or force of motives applied to will." Wharton,... | |
 | Charles John Smith - 1916 - 794 pàgines
...grateful sonu exact reward at lost." " Extortion it an abuse of the public justice. which eonsista in any officer's unlawfully taking by colour of his office from any man any money or thing of value tbat is not due to him, or more than is due, or oefnre it is due." — BLACKS n » K. EXAGGERATION.... | |
 | Virginia. State Corporation Commission - 1918 - 724 pàgines
...but in a more strict sense, signifies the unlawful taking by any officer, by color of has office, of any money or thing of value that is not due to him, or more than is due, or before it is due. * * * And generally, no public officer may take any other fees or rewards for doing anything relating... | |
 | Seymour Frederick Harris - 1919 - 596 pàgines
...vindictive, or improper motives (r). Extortion, in the more strict sense of the word, consists in an officer unlawfully taking, by colour of his office, from any...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 which has been usual in such a... | |
 | Arizona. Supreme Court - 1919 - 700 pàgines
...The common law confined extortion to the unlawful taking by an 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. 2. EXTORTION — NATURE OP OFFENSE. — The purpose of Penal Code of 1913, title 14, chapter 7, relating... | |
 | United States - 1920 - 1052 pàgines
...US 103.) Extortion is defined us " the unlawful taking by an officer, under color of his office, of ed States his due, or lw?fore it is duo." (4 Klaeks. Com., 141. See also United States v. Deavcr, 14 Fed., r,95.)... | |
 | California - 1921 - 1074 pàgines
...defined to be an abuse of public justice which i onsists in an officer's unlawfully taking, by color of his 'office, from any man, any money or thing of value that Is not due him, or more than Is due, or before it Is due, the punishment for which is fine and imprisonment, and... | |
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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). 
