Long v. State

1. “There being some direct evidence on all the essential elements of the crime charged, the failure of the judge to charge the jury on the law of circumstantial evidence does not furnish cause for a new trial.” Wilson v. State, 152 Ga. 337 (110 S. E. 8).

2. Where two persons are jointly indicted for murder, each may be convicted upon evidence showing that he was either the actual perpetrator of the crime or was present aiding and abetting' the other in its commission. Futch v. State, 137 Ga. 75 (3) (72 S. E. 911).

3. Although charged with murder as principal in the first degree, there being…