State v. Wade

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Martin, C. J.: At June term, 1895, the défendant was tried upon information for robbery in the first degree, the charge being in substance that, on or about April 18, 1895, the defendant, feloniously, forcibly, and with violence, did make an assault upon one F. W. Harvy, and, by putting him in immediate fear of bodily injury, did, from his person, steal, take and carry away a certain pistol, of the value of $3, the same being the property of said F. W. Harvy. The body of the verdict returned by the jury was as follows : “We, the jury - the defendant…