GRIFFIN, J.
Defendant and appellant was tried on an information charging him with the crime of extortion (violation of Pen. Code, § 518). When arraigned he admitted a prior conviction of a felony (attempted extortion).
The charge was that on June 5, 1950, defendant, by force and fear, obtained $4,000 from one Warden E. Myers by wilfully and unlawfully threatening said Myers that unless he paid over to defendant said sum defendant would expose and impute...
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