Craft v. State

In his petition for certiorari the accused assigns error on certain portions of the charge to the jury, and alleges that “the verdict and sentence of the'court was contrary to the evidence, without evidence to support it, and contrary to law.” In his answer to the writ of certiorari Judge Jesse M. Wood, who presided at the trial of the case in the criminal court of Atlanta, says that the portions of the charge which the plaintiff in error insists are erroneous are as follows: (a) “In misdemeanors the law does not recognize some of those who participate in the commission thereof as principals…