Mendolia v. State

Mr. Chiee Justice Neil

delivered the opinion of tbe Court.

The plaintiffs in error, who will be later referred to as tbe defendants, have appealed from a conviction of robbery, and accessory before tbe fact to the crime of robbery.

Tbe defendants were at tbe May Term of tbe criminal court of Davidson County indicted by tbe grand jury in a three count indictment. Tbe first count charged the defendants, Mendolia and Panezko, with tbe crime of highway robbery of one Jacob Davis on March 1, 1950. Tbe second count charged tbe defendant, Walter Jedy-nak, with being an accessory before tbe fact to tbe…