GEE, Circuit Judge:
Appellant Wilkes, record evidence indicates, developed an unusual and effective method for collecting bad checks and overdue bills. Its distinctive features were that his demands for collection were made on his official stationery — he being a Jefferson Parish justice of the peace — and that they incorporated a threat of arrest in the event that the addressee failed to respond to them "immediately."
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