State v. Pickering

The defendant was charged by information with having stolen the property of John E. Osborn, consisting of certain money therein described and a promissory note for $150, from the person of said Osborn, by violence to his person and by putting him in fear of immediate injury, with intent to rob him. The verdict rendered finds the defendant guilty as charged in the information, without specifying any degree of the offense. Objection was made to pronouncing sentence on this verdict, for the reason that it did not specify the degree of the offense of which the jury found him guilty. The objection…