Northey v. State

Frank Bruner and Mrs. Arvesta Northey were jointly informed against by the county attorney of Custer county, and there charged with having committed murder in the first degree, by having feloniously administered poison to Monna Bruner, the wife of defendant Frank Bruner, and from its effects she shortly thereafter died. Both defendants were charged as principals pursuant to section 9541 (section 1), ch. 89, Laws 1923, which provides: “Whoever aids, abets or procures another to commit any offense -may be prosecuted and punished as if he were the principal offender.” Mrs. Northey was prosecuted…