California Supreme Court, 1863

People v. Vice

People v. Vice
California Supreme Court · Decided July 1, 1863 · Field
21 Cal. 344
People v. Vice

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Opinion of the Court

Field, C. J. delivered the opinion of the Court

Cope, J. concurring.

t The indictment in this case is for the offense of robbery, but in the statement of facts constituting the offense there is a fatal defect. The statement contains no allegation as to the ownership of the property of which the party named was robbed, or that it did not belong to the defendant. It is not necessary that the property should belong to the party from whose possession it was forcibly taken. It is requisite, however, that it should belong to some other person than the defendant. The owner of property is not guilty of robbery in taking it from the person of the possessor, though he may be guilty of another public offense.

Judgment reversed and cause remanded.

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