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. A New Dictionary of the English Language - Page 287by Charles Richardson - 1839 - 886 pagesFull view - About this book
| William Blackstone - Law - 1791 - 528 pages
...aggravations of the offence committed. 22. LASTLY, extortion is an abufe of public juflice, which confifts in any officer's unlawfully taking, by colour of his...not due to him, or more than is due, or before it is due ". The punifhment is fine and imprifonment, and fometimes a forfeiture of the office. • «... | |
| William Blackstone - Law - 1800 - 620 pages
...aggravations of the offence committed (9). 22. LASTLY, extortion is an abufe of public juflice, which confifts in any officer's unlawfully taking, by colour of his...not due to him, or more than is due, or before it is due ". The punifhment is fine and imprifonment, and fometimes a forfeiture of the office. 1 I Hawk.... | |
| Kentucky. Court of Appeals, James Hughes, Achilles Sneed, Martin D. Hardin, George Minos Bibb, Alexander Keith Marshall, William Littell - Law reports, digests, etc - 1869 - 864 pages
...defined to be an nbnse of public justice, whicli consists in any 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 doe him, or before it is due — the punishment for which is fine and imprisonment,... | |
| Massachusetts, William Charles White - Law - 1811 - 214 pages
...fine and imprisonment. III. EXTORTION. Extortion is an abuse of public justice which consists in an officer's unlawfully taking, by colour of his office,...not due to him, or more than is due, or before it is due. The punishment is fine and imprisonment, and sometimes a forfeiture of office. By the statute... | |
| Henry Potter - Justices of the peace - 1816 - 474 pages
...cent. . ' * » i See Limitation. EXTORTION. Extortion is an abuse of public justice, which consists in any officer's unlawfully taking, by colour of his...not due to him, or more than is due, or before it is due. The punishment is fine and imprisonment, and sometimes a forfeiture of the -office. — 4 Blac.... | |
| John Adolphus - Great Britain - 1818 - 762 pages
...29 Geo. II. c. 30. EXTORTION. Extortion is an abufe of public juftice, which sonfifts in any officer unlawfully taking by colour of his office, from .any...not due to him, or more than is due, or before it is due. The punifhment is fine and imprifonment, and fometimes a forfeiture of the office. OPPRESSION.... | |
| Octavius Pickering, William Howard Gardiner - Trials (Impeachment) - 1821 - 238 pages
...books of authority, we perceive, then, that it " consists in any officer's unlawfully taking, by color of his office, from any man, any money or thing of...not due to him, or more than is due, or before it is due." See Black. Com. vol. 4, p. 141. Also 1 Hawk. PC 170. With reference to this definition of... | |
| Trials (Impeachment) - 1821 - 248 pages
...books of authority, we perceive, then, that it " consists in any officer's unlawfully taking, by color of his office, from any man, any money or thing of value that is nîtdue to him, or more than is due, or before it is clue." See Black. Com. vol. 4, p. 141. Also 1... | |
| Sir William BLACKSTONE, Vincent WANOSTROCHT - Constitutional law - 1823 - 872 pages
...aggravations of the offence committed. 22. Lastly, extortion is an abuse of public justice, which consists in any officer's unlawfully taking, by colour of his...thing of value, that is not due to him, or more than his due, or before it is due. The punishment is fine and imprisonment, and sometimes a forfeiture of... | |
| Great Britain. Parliament - Great Britain - 1824 - 830 pages
...misdemeanor. Mr. Justice Blackstone said, " Extortion is an abuse of public justice, which consists in any officer's unlawfully taking, by colour of his...not due to him, or more than is due, or before it is due. The punishment is line and imprisonment, and sometimes a forfeiture of the office." In this... | |
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