Commonwealth v. Snelling
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
At an Oyer and Terminer held by the Chief Justice and Judge Braceenrid&e, the defendant was indicted of feloniously assaulting one David Harrod, putting him in bodily fear and danger of his life, and feloniously and violently stealing, taking and carrying away from his person, a silver watch of the value of ten dollars. The defendant pleaded not guilty, and upon the trial the jury found the following special verdict.
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At an Oyer and Terminer held by the Chief Justice and Judge Braceenrid&e, the defendant was indicted of feloniously assaulting one David Harrod, putting him in bodily fear and danger of his life, and feloniously and violently stealing, taking and carrying away from his person, a silver watch of the value of ten dollars. The defendant pleaded not guilty, and upon the trial the jury found the following special verdict. “And now, &c., a jury being called, come to wit, &c., who. say, that David Harrod the prosecutor was met on the 16th day of December last in Plumb street, near to Fourth street,…
1Opinion of the Court
*Txluhman O. J.
The question in this case is, whether the watch of David Harrod was taken from his person by force. It has been contended with considerable ingenuity, that the offence does not amount to robbery, because the watch was taken secretly without the knowledge of Harrod, and without his being in any fear of being robbed, although he wras in fear of being beaten. I will premise that in forming my judgment, I have felt myself less disposed to encourage subtle distinctions in favor of the prisoner, now that his life is not at stake, than I should have done if the crime of *349robbery had…
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