People v. Ah Hop

Pbickett, J.,

delivered tbe opinion.

Hollisteb, C. J., and Claek, J., concurred.

Tbe defendants were jointly indicted for tbe crime of murder, alleged to bave been committed on tbe tenth day of June, 1877, by feloniously, willfully, deliberately, and with premeditation killing one Jobn McGuinness. Tbe indictment contains two counts; tbe first charging all of the defendants as principals; and tbe second charging tbe defendants Yung Sing, Ab Pong, Hong Cbu, and Ab Doe, with being accessaries before tbe fact, in standing by and aiding, abetting, and assisting tbe defendant, Ab Hop, to commit tbe…