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- Title: State v. Bassett
- Author : Supreme Court of Connecticut
- Release Date : January 28, 1964
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 52 KB
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The defendant, Harold Bassett, was found guilty by a jury on three counts, which alleged violations of General Statutes 53-40, the blackmail statute, which is printed in the footnote.1 From the evidence, the jury could find that during October, 1961, the defendant entered certain retail establishments in the Danbury area and maliciously threatened to accuse the proprietors of the crime cf violating the Sunday closing laws; General Statutes 53-300; with the intent to extort money from them.