State v. Lawler
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis Criminal Court. — Hon. D. W. Shackleford, Judge. (1) Robbery is a larceny aggravated by the manner of its accomplishment, and is compounded of larceny and force. R. S. 1889, sec. 3530; State v, 0} Conner, 105 Mo. 121; State v. Brannon, 55 Mo. 63; State v. Jenkins, 36 Mo. 372; State v. Brown, 104 Mo. 365; State v. Sommers, 12 Mo. App. 374; Bishop on Crim.
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Appeal from St. Louis Criminal Court. — Hon. D. W. Shackleford, Judge. (1) Robbery is a larceny aggravated by the manner of its accomplishment, and is compounded of larceny and force. R. S. 1889, sec. 3530; State v, 0} Conner, 105 Mo. 121; State v. Brannon, 55 Mo. 63; State v. Jenkins, 36 Mo. 372; State v. Brown, 104 Mo. 365; State v. Sommers, 12 Mo. App. 374; Bishop on Crim. Law [8 Ed.], see. 1156. . (2) Hence a jury may convict a defendant on trial for robbery in the first degree of larceny. See above cases. ' (3) That the owner is frightened on account of the theft is immaterial. To…
1Opinion of the CourtSherwood, J.
Being adjudged guilty of robbery in the first degree and his punishment assessed at imprisonment for five years, defendant appeals to this court.
This prosecution is founded on section 3530, Eevised Statutes, 1889, which reads in this way: “Every person who shall be convicted of feloniously taking the property of another from his person, or in his presence, and against his will, by violence to his person, or by putting him in fear of some immediate' injury to his person, shall be adjudged guilty of robbery in the first degree.”
The indictment, so far as necessary to quote it in illustration…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- State v. MeyersSupreme Court of Missouri · 1889
- State v. MooreSupreme Court of Missouri · 1890
- Commonwealth v. CullinsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1804
- Commonwealth v. MorseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1817
- Ludden v. LeavitiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1812
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- State v. HallWashington Supreme Court · 1909
- State v. MontgomerySupreme Court of Missouri · 1904
- Commonwealth v. WeinerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1926
- State v. DengelWashington Supreme Court · 1901
- State v. LambSupreme Court of Missouri · 1897
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