State v. Griffin

Kindig, J.-

On December 16, 1932, Elmer Brewer shot and killed William F. Dilworth, a deputy sheriff of Black Hawk county. For this offense, Brewer was informed against, tried, and, convicted of murder in the first degree, and sentenced to he hanged. See State v. Brewer, 218 Iowa 1287, 254 N. W. 834.

The crime was committed near the city of Waterloo. Pat Griffin, the defendant-appellant in the case at bar, accompanied, and it is claimed by the state aided and abetted, the said Elmer Brewer at the time of the murder. Section 12895 of the 1931 Code provides:

“The distinction between an accessory…