State v. Snyder
Nevada Supreme Court
Appeal from Second Judicial District Court, Washoe County; E. J. L. Taber, Judge. Al. Snyder was convicted of robbery, and appeals. The court erred in refusing to advise the jury to bring in a verdict acquitting the defendant, when requested so to do. There was no proof that chloral had been administered; and if in fact it had been administered, there was no proof that the defendant had been in any way connected with such administration.
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Appeal from Second Judicial District Court, Washoe County; E. J. L. Taber, Judge. Al. Snyder was convicted of robbery, and appeals. The court erred in refusing to advise the jury to bring in a verdict acquitting the defendant, when requested so to do. There was no proof that chloral had been administered; and if in fact it had been administered, there was no proof that the defendant had been in any way connected with such administration. The possession of chloral hydrate and opportunity of administering it are of themselves no evidence to support the crime of robbery. The state must show, or…
1Opinion of the Court
By the-Court,
Coleman, J.:
Appellant was convicted of the crime of robbery, and appeals.
“Robbery” is defined by our statute to be:
“The unlawful taking of personal property from the person of another, or in his presence, against his will, by means of force or violence or fear of injury, immediate or future, to his person or property; * * * the degree of force is immaterial.” (Rev. Laws, 6427.)
The state did not contend upon the trial that appellant used actual force in perpetrating the crime, but constructive force, in that he administered poison to one Cooper with the intention of producing…
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