Elliott v. State

The appellant Elliott and one Henry Wright were jointly informed against for violating the prohibition *3law. They were tried together and both convicted. Elliott appeals, assigning as error the giving by the court of the following two instructions:

“1. I charge you, gentlemen of the jury, that all persons who are concerned in the commission of a crime are guilty of its commission. In order to be guilty it is not necessary that one should actually commit the crime. It is sufficient if he aids and abets therein, whether he be present or absent. If a proprietor of a drinking establishment permits…