State v. . Holland

The record discloses that on 5 August, 1936, the deceased was shot and killed by Fred Holland with a gun which belonged to the defendant Moses. The evidence as against the defendant Moses, who alone appeals, is sufficient to convict him as an aider and abettor in the commission of the crime. There was also a count in the bill charging him with being an accessory before the fact. C. S., 4175. Holland admitted the killing, was sentenced to fifteen years in the State’s Prison, and has not appealed.

It is well established that when two or more persons aid and abet each other in the commission of a…