Scott v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Bibb. Tried before the Hon.- E. W. Pettus. The prisoner in this case, Henry A. Scott, together with one Jesse West, alias Anson Weston, was indicted for the larceny of a watch, the personal property of David Scott, of the value of $150 ; and was tried at the May term of said court, 185T, when he reserved several exceptions to the rulings of the court, which are thus stated in the bill of exceptions: “On the trial of this case, the evidence…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Bibb. Tried before the Hon.- E. W. Pettus. The prisoner in this case, Henry A. Scott, together with one Jesse West, alias Anson Weston, was indicted for the larceny of a watch, the personal property of David Scott, of the value of $150 ; and was tried at the May term of said court, 185T, when he reserved several exceptions to the rulings of the court, which are thus stated in the bill of exceptions: “On the trial of this case, the evidence tended to show that, on the 13th February last, the prisoner and one J esse M. W est were traveling on foot through said…
1Opinion of the CourtRice, C. J.
In misdemeanors, there are no accessories, either before or after the fact; but all persons concerned therein, if guilty at all, are principals, and may be indicted, tried and punished as principals. — 4 Bla. Com. 36. By section 3256 of the Code, the distinction between an accessory before the fact and a principal, and between principals in the first and second degree, in cases of felony, is abolished; and all persons concerned in the commission *508of a felony, whether they directly commit the act consitu-ting the offense, or aid or abet in its commission, though not present, must (as in the…
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