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Robbery

Robbery is the felonious taking of personal property in th§ possession of another, from his person or immediate presence, and against hls will, accomplished by means of fortje or fear. Pen. Code Cal. S 211; 1 Hawk. P. C. 25; 4 Bl. Comm. 243; United States ▼. Jones, 3 wash, a a 209, Fed. Cas. No. 15,494; Seymour v. State, 15 Ind. 288;, McDaniel v. State, 16 Miss. 401, 47 Am. Dec. 93

Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)