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• ROBBERY (from O. Fr. rober, to steal)

ROBBERY (from O. Fr. rober, to steal)  , the unlawful and forcible taking of goods or See also:

• MONEY

money from the See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person of another by violence or threatened violence . See also:

• ROBBERY (from O. Fr. rober, to steal)

Robbery is See also:

• LARCENY (an adaptation of Fr. larcin, O. Fr. larrecin, from Lat. latrocinium, theft, latio, robber)

larceny (q.v.) with violence . It is a specific offence under the Larceny See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

Act 1861, and is punishable by penal See also:

• SERVITUDE (Lat. servitus, from service, to serve)

servitude for any See also:

• TERM

term not exceeding fourteen years and not less than three years, or imprisonment for any term not exceeding two years, with or without hard labour . Under the Garrotters Act 1863, See also:

• WHIPPING, or FLOGGING

whipping may be added as See also:

• PART

part of the See also:

• SENTENCE (Lat. sententia, a way of thinking, opinion, judgment; vote, sentire, to feel, think)

sentence for robbery . In Scots taw robbery is termed stouthrief . See also:

• UNITED

United States.—The nature of the offence is practically the same in See also:

• AMERICA

America as in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, but what constitutes robbery is provided by See also:

• STATUTE

statute in each See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state, as is also the See also:

• PUNISHMENT (from Lat. punire, to punish, from poena, punishment, Gr. 7rocvil)

punishment . The See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief difference between See also:

• ENGLISH

English and See also:

• AMERICAN

American See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law is that the latter often divides the offences into grades and takes a liberal view of what constitutes force or fear . See also:

• TRAIN (M. Eng. trayn or trayne, derived through Fr. from Late Lat. trahinare, to drag, draw, Lat. trahere, cf. trail, trace, ultimately from the same source)

Train robbery is specially dealt with in some states owing to the prevalence of that See also:

• SPECIES

species of See also:

• CRIME (Lat. crimen, accusation)

crime . Federal Statute.—See also:

• CONGRESS (Lat. congressus, coming together, from congredi; cum, with, and gradus, step)

Congress has made it piracy punishable with See also:

• DEATH

death to commit robbery on the high seas or on See also:

• SHORE

shore or in any See also:

• HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour out of the See also:

• JURISDICTION
• JURISDICTION, CRIMINAL LAW, DIVORCE

jurisdiction of any state by landing from a piratical See also:

• VESSEL (O. Fr. vaissel, from a rare Lat. vascellum, dim. of vas, vase, urn)

vessel (U.S . Rev . St . § 1047) .

In See also:

• ALABAMA

Alabama it is train robbery to " enter upon or go near to any See also:

• LOCOMOTIVE

locomotive, See also:

• ENGINE
• ENGINE (Lat. ingenium)

engine, or See also:

• CAR (Late Lat. carra)

car, on any railroad and by threats or See also:

• EXHIBITION

exhibition of a deadly weapon or discharging a See also:

• PISTOL

pistol or See also:

• GUN

gun on or near such engine or car induce or compel any one to deliver up any-thing of value . It is punishable at the discretion of the See also:

• JURY

jury by death or imprisonment for not less than ten years . Any one who stops, impedes or detains any locomotive or car with See also:

• INTENT (from Lat. intend ere, to stretch out, extend, particularly in the phrase intendere animum, to turn one's mind to, purpose)

intent to commit train robbery must be punished by imprisonment for not less than ten nor more than See also:

• THIRTY

thirty years . Conspiring to commit train robbery is punishable to the same extent (Crim . See also:

• CODE (Lat. codex)

Code, §§ 8o—82 In4Arizona, See also:

• CALIFORNIA
• CALIFORNIA, LOWER (Baja California)
• CALIFORNIA, UNIVERSITY OF

California and See also:

• MISSOURI

Missouri the " fear " may be that of the person robbed or of any relative of his or member of his See also:

• FAMILY

family or of any one in his See also:

• COMPANY

company . The punishment is imprisonment for not less than five years . In See also:

• ARKANSAS

Arkansas and Missouri extorting money or See also:

• PROPERTY

property by See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

black-See also:

• MAIL

mail is an " See also:

• ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt to rob "; it is punishable by not less than one nor more than five years' imprisonment . In See also:

• GEORGIA

Georgia larceny from the person is statutory robbery (Hickey v . State (1906), 125, Ga . 145) . See also:

• LOUISIANA

Louisiana.—T See also:

• RAIN (O.E. regn; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Regen, Swed. and Dan. regn; it has been connected with Lat. rigare, to wet, Gr. 13pixeav)

rain robbery is punishable by imprisonment for not less than five nor more than ten years . Missouri.—Train robbery is punishable by death or imprisonment for not less than ten years .

It may consist in placing an obstruction on the See also:

• LINE

line with intent to rob . See also:

• MASSACHUSETTS (an Indian name, originally applied to a tribe of Indians)

Massachusetts.—Robbery, committed when armed with a dangerous weapon, is punishable by imprisonment for See also:

• LIFE

life (Rev . L., 1902, ch . 207, § 17) . See also:

• MINNESOTA

Minnesota.—The extreme See also:

• PENALTY (Lat. poena, punishment)

penalty for robbery is See also:

• FORTY

forty years' imprisonment (L . 1905, ch . 114) . New See also:

• JERSEY
• JERSEY, EARLS OF

Jersey.—The extreme penalty is $3000 See also:

• FINE

fine or twelve years' imprisonment . See also:

• TEXAS

Texas.—Falsely personating an officer aid by means of See also:

• ARREST (Fr. arrester, arreeter, to stop or stay)

arrest extorting money is robbery (See also:

• BURNSIDE, AMBROSE EVERETT (1824-1881)

Burnside v . State (1907), 102, S.W . See also:

• REP, REPP, or REPS

Rep . 178) .