State v. Howerton

The defendant was indicted for robbery in the first degree, and on his motion the indictment was quashed, and the State appealed. The indictment charged that the defendant, “with force and arms, in and upon one William Gennan, feloniously did make an assault, and the said William Gennan in bodily fear and danger of his life, then and there feloniously did put; and two mules, each of the value of seventy-five dollars, and two harness, each of the value of twenty dollars, and one wagon, of the value of fifty dollars, of the goods and chattels of the said William Gennan, from the person and…