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UNITED STATES v. PALMIOTTI

No. 202, Docket 24635.

254 F.2d 491 (1958)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Claude PALMIOTTI, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided April 18, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul W. Williams, U. S. Atty., for Southern District of New York, New York City (Herbert F. Roth and Robert Kirtland, Asst. U. S. Attys., New York City, of counsel), for appellee.

Jacob W. Friedman, New York City, for appellant.

Before MEDINA, LUMBARD and WATERMAN, Circuit Judges.

MEDINA, Circuit Judge.

Claude Palmiotti appeals from a judgment of conviction on Counts One and Two of an indictment charging violations of the Hobbs Anti-Racketeering Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1951. The substance of the crimes alleged is that on June 18, 1956 appellant attempted to extort $350; and on June 25, 1956 succeeded in extorting $190, from an agent of Robert S. MacLean, Inc., "by wrongful use of threatened force or fear." The Third and Fourth Counts charged...

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