State v. Perley
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On exceptions. The defendants were convicted of robbery upon the following indictment: "The jurors for the State aforesaid, upon their oath, present that Frank Perley and James H. Goodwin of Bangor, in the county of Penobscot, on the thirtieth day of August, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two, at Bangor, in the county of Penobscot, aforesaid, in and upon one John H. Emerson feloniously an assault did make and him, the said John H. Emerson did…
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On exceptions. The defendants were convicted of robbery upon the following indictment: "The jurors for the State aforesaid, upon their oath, present that Frank Perley and James H. Goodwin of Bangor, in the county of Penobscot, on the thirtieth day of August, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two, at Bangor, in the county of Penobscot, aforesaid, in and upon one John H. Emerson feloniously an assault did make and him, the said John H. Emerson did then feloniously put in fear and with force and violence, did then feloniously steal, take and carry away from the…
1Opinion of the CourtWhitehouse, J.
The defendants were found guilty of the crime of robbery on an indictment under chapter 250 of the statute of 1889, entitled, "An act to define robbery and its punishment,” which reads as follows : "Whoever by force and violence or by putting in fear, feloniously steals and takes from the person of another property that is the subject of larceny, is guilty of robbery, and shall be punished by imprisonment for life or for any term of years.” This act of 1889, however, did not modify the definition of robbery as found in R. S., c. 118, § 16, but only changed and simplified the provisions of…
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