State v. Sommers
12 Mo. App. 374
Mo. Ct. App.
1882
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Bakewell, J.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

Dеfendant was indicted for stealing $450. The testimony showed that he аttempted to snatch from the hands *375of a girl who was carrying the same through an unfrequented street, a bag containing that amount in silver and bank-notes. The court directed the jury to acquit of grand larceny ; but if they believed from the evidence that defendant did, at the date named and at the place named, feloniously attempt to steal, take, ‍‌‌​​​​​​​​​‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‍and carry away from the daughter of Frederick Kurst the money of said Kurst in a sum in excess of $30, and did so with intent to convert the same to his own use and to deprive the true owner of it without his consent, they should find defendant guilty of the crime of an attempt to cоmmit the crime of grand larceny.

Counsel for appellant contends that there was no evidence to warrant this instruction, because, he says, the evidence shows an attempt to commit robbery, and does not show an attempt to commit larcency. If this were so we think there is nothing in it; because robbery and larceny are, in their nature, felonious оffences óf the same general kind. Robbery is larceny with somеthing added. One indicted of robbery might, if the evidence justified it, have been acquitted of the robbery and convicted of thе larceny, on this ground. Rex v. Gnosil, 11 Eng. C. L. 400. The charge of robbery involves the charge of larceny; and if an act is done with an intent to сommit robbery, it must be done with an intent to commit the larceny invоlved in the robbery. So, an indictment ‍‌‌​​​​​​​​​‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‍for burglary by feloniously breaking аnd entering into the dwelling-house of the prosecutor with intent to steal his goods, is supported by proof that the intent of the prisoner was to rob the prosecutor. The State v. Cody, 1 Wins. 197; 1 Bishop’s Cr. Proc., sect. 488 e.

We are of opinion, moreover, that there was evidence frоm which the jury might fairly find an attempt to steal as distinguished from an attempt to rob. To constitute robbery the party must be put in feаr or there must be violence. It may be difficult to determine what degree of *376violence is necessary to constitute the offence. Where &. naan walking after a woman in the street, snаtches her shawl from her person, though he uses considerаble violence, it is ‍‌‌​​​​​​​​​‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‍said this is not robbery; and so, where a pеrson snatched another’s watch from his fob, and got it after a scuffle. Rex v. Gnosil, supra. And this, for the reason that where the violence is used, not to overpower the person robbed, but only to gеt the property, there is no robbery. At any rate it seems to be now held that sudden snatching of property from a pеrson is not robbery, if there is no struggle and no injury done to the person robbed. The'cases are cited in a note to Rex v. Gnosil, supra. In thе case at bar the evidence of the girl tends to-show аn attempt to snatch her money-bag, ‍‌‌​​​​​​​​​‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‍abandoned as soon as she screamed for help. No harm was done tо her person.

No other point is urged here as a reason for reversing the judgment. Nor, on inspection of the reсord, do we-see any error to the prejudice of appellant for which we ought to interfere.

With the concurrence of all the judges,, ‍‌‌​​​​​​​​​‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‍the judgment is affirmed.