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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1915. Excerpt:... Source.--Penal Code, i 226. Mahoney v. People, 59 N. Y. 659, aft"-3 Hub, 902: People r. Foley. 9 N. Y. St. Hep. 35; 27 Week. Dig. 217; People vTMcGiaty, 24 Hun. 62. § 2123. Taking property secretly not robbery. The taking of property from the person of another is robbery, when it appears that although the taking was fully completed without his knowledge, such knowledge was prevented by the use of force or fear. Source.--Penal Code, 227. McCloakey v. People. 5 Park. 229; People v. Hall, 6 Park. 642. § 2124. Robbery in first degree. An unlawful taking or compulsion, if accomplished by force or fear, in a case specified in the foregoing sections of this article ia robbery in the first degree, when committed by a person: 1. Being armed with a dangerous weapon; or, 2. Being aided by an accomplice actually present; or, 3. When the offender inflicts grievous bodily harm or injury upon the person from whose possession, or in whose presence, the property is taken, or upon the wife, husband, servant, child, or inmate of the family of such person, or any one in his company at the time, in order to accomplish the robbery. Source.--Penal Code, I 228. People v. Parahall, 6 Park. 129; Carpenter v. People, 8 Barb. 603; People v. Mclnerney, 5 N. Y. Cr. Rep. 48; 4 N. Y. St. Rep. 598; People v. Jo re. 4 N. Y. Cr. Rep. 342; People v. Du Veau. 105 App. Div. 381; 94 N." Y. Supp. 225; People v. McKenna, 118 App. Div. 766; 103 N. Y. 8upp. 870; People v. Munroe, 190 N. Y. 435, rev'g 119 App. Div. 704; 104 N. Y. Supu. 075; People v. Glynn, 54 Hun, 332, aff'd 123 N. Y. 631; People v. Madas 201 N. Y. 349. Indictment. People v. Roof, 138 App. Div. 633. Evidence. People v. Prince, 143 N. Y. 524. $2125. Punishment of robbery in first degree. Robbery in the first degree is pu...