State v. Overholt

Litz, Judge:

Defendant, Lee Overholt, was indicted, tried and convicted in Greenbrier county under chapter 152, section 8, Code 1923 (61-11-7, Code 1931), as an acessory after the fact. The indictment charges that Howard Cook on April 6, 1931, in Greenbrier county, committed the crime of robbery, and that afterwards, to-wit, on April-, 1931, in Pocahontas county, defendant “did unlawfully receive, harbor, maintain, comfort and asist said Howard Cook and did in said county of Pocahontas aid and assist the said Howard Cook to avoid and escape arrest for said felony.”

The statute provides that “an…