TURNER v. UNITED STATES

No. 4496.

16 F.2d 535 (1926)

TURNER v. UNITED STATES.

Court of Appeals of District of Columbia.

Decided December 6, 1926.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D. T. Wright and Philip Ershler, both of Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Peyton Gordon and George D. Horning, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., both of Washington, D. C., for the United States.

Before MARTIN, Chief Justice, ROBB, Associate Justice, and BARBER, Judge of the United States Court of Customs Appeals.


MARTIN, Chief Justice.

The appellant was convicted and sentenced upon an indictment charging the crime of robbery. The statute against robbery in the District of Columbia reads as follows:

"Whoever by force or violence, whether against resistance or by sudden or stealthy seizure or snatching, or by putting in fear, shall take from the person or immediate actual possession of another anything of value is guilty of robbery, and any person convicted thereof shall...

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