 | William Blackstone - 1800 - 620 halaman
...other difcretionary cenfure, regulated by the nature and aggravations of the offence committed (9). 22. LASTLY, extortion is an abufe of public juflice,...imprifonment, and fometimes a forfeiture of the office. 1 I Hawk. PC I6C. » I Hawk. PC i ;;-.. (9) For action* and profecutions againft juftices of the peace,... | |
 | Kentucky. Court of Appeals, James Hughes, Achilles Sneed, Martin D. Hardin, George Minos Bibb, Alexander Keith Marshall, William Littell - 1869 - 864 halaman
...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 - 1811 - 214 halaman
...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,...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 l795, c.... | |
 | Henry Potter - 1816 - 474 halaman
...cent. . ' * » i See Limitation. EXTORTION. 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 the -office. — 4 Blac. Com* 141.... | |
 | John Adolphus - 1818 - 762 halaman
...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...imprifonment, and fometimes a forfeiture of the office. OPPRESSION. The oppreffion'md tyrannical partiality of judges, juftices, and other magiftrates, in... | |
 | John Adolphus - 1818 - 762 halaman
...29 Geo. II. c. 30. EXTORTION. Extortion is an abufe of public juftice, which confilts in any officer unlawfully taking by colour of his office, from any...due, or before it is due. The punifhment is fine and iinprifonment, and fometimes a forfeiture of the office. OPPRESSION. The oppreffionandtyrannicalpartialityof... | |
 | Octavius Pickering, William Howard Gardiner - 1821 - 238 halaman
...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...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 the offence,... | |
 | 1821 - 248 halaman
...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 nītdue to him, or more than is due, or before it is clue." See Black. Com. vol. 4, p. 141. Also 1... | |
 | Octavius Pickering, William Howard Gardiner - 1821 - 240 halaman
...officer's unlawfully taking, by color of 1m office, from any man, any money or tiring of value that is nS\ 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 the offence,... | |
 | Sir William BLACKSTONE, Vincent WANOSTROCHT - 1823 - 872 halaman
...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... | |
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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). 
