Williams v. State

1. Under the act of 1903 (Acts 1903, p. 43) amending the former definition of robbery, there was added to robbery by force and robbery by intimidation a new class or kind of robbery, to wit, “the sudden snatching, taking, or carrying away” of property, “without the consent of the owner or person in possession or control thereof.” Penal Code (1910), § 148. Prior to this amendment, violence of some kind was an indispensable essential of the offense of robbery. Without violence there could be no robbery; but the offense might be, larceny from the person. Since the amendment, in order to prove a…