Highway robbery
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
In criminni law. The crime of robbery committed upon or near a public highway.
State v. Brown, ll3 N. C. 645, 18 S. E. 51. In England, by St. 23 Hen. VIII. c.
1, this was made felony without banefit of clergy, while robbery committed elsewhere was less severely punished. The distinction was abolished by St. 3 & 4 W. & M. c. 9, and in this country it has never prevailed general]y.