Highway Robbery
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
In criminal law. The crime of robbery committed upon or near a public highway. In England, by St. 23 Hen. VIII. c.1, this was made felony without benefit of clergy, while robbery committed elsewhere was less severely punished. Tho distinction was abolished by St. 8 & 4° W.& M. c. 9, and in this country it has never prevailed generally.