Commonwealth v. Brooks

Jun 23, 1864
Reporters:
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Before:
Duvall
CHIEF JUSTICE DUVALL

delivered the opinion op the court:

We are not informed, either ‍‌‌‌​​​​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‍from the record, or from any suggestions of counsel, of the objections to which this indictment is supposed to be liable.

We think ‍‌‌‌​​​​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‍the indictment is sufficient. It charges the defendant with having feloniously taken a mare, the property of *151William Rayburn, “in his presence, and against ‍‌‌‌​​​​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‍his will, by putting him in fear of some immediate injury to his person.” The facts thus stated are all that are material or ‍‌‌‌​​​​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‍necessary to constitute the crime of robbery, as defined by the common Jaw.

The judgment of the eourt below sustaining a demurrer to ‍‌‌‌​​​​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‍the indictment is therefore reversed, and .the cause remanded for further proceedings.