Short 58: 1749 Extorting money from sodomy accusations

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 | The Time: 1749   
 | The Story: Extorting money from sodomy accusations   
 | This was so much the thing at the tme that they had to make a law against it.  Basically, someone would accuse a wealthier person of sodomy and attempt to extory money from the accusation.  Interesting news story,     
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