Highway Robbery
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Robbery committed on a public highway was, under St. 23 Hen. VIII. c. 1, more severely punished than robbery committed elsewhere. This distinction was abolished by St. 8 & 4 Wm. & Mary, c.
9.