Wester v. State

This is a companion to the case of Woodrow Wester v. State, decided this day (193 So. 300), and what we said in that opinion disposes of all questions raised here except one criticizing a charge of the court defining principals in the first and second degree. (That part of the opinion in the other case which dealt with threats said to have been made by Woodrow Wester against the deceased is, of course, irrelevant to this one.)

The questioned instruction was:

“A principal in the first degree and a principal in the second degree are both principals, and are punishable alike. The degrees are…