Editing Robbery (section)

====== Statute ======
See sections 40 to 43 of the [[Larceny Act 1861]].

Section 23 of the [[Larceny Act 1916]] read:

{{Blockquote|23.-(1) Every person who -
:(a) being armed with any offensive weapon or instrument, or being together with one other person or more, robs, or assaults with intent to rob, any person;
:(b) robs any person and, at the time of or immediately before or immediately after such robbery, uses any personal violence to any person;

shall be guilty of felony and on conviction thereof liable to penal servitude for life, and, in addition, if a male, to be once privately whipped.

(2) Every person who robs any person shall be guilty of felony and on conviction thereof liable to penal servitude for any term not exceeding fourteen years.

(3) Every person who assaults any person with intent to rob shall be guilty of felony and on conviction thereof liable to penal servitude for any term not exceeding five years.}}

This section provided maximum penalties for a number of offences of robbery and aggravated robbery.<ref name="Griew, Edward 1978. page 79" />