Bishop v. State

There are several assignments of error in the motion for new trial. We shall deal only with one of them. We deem the verdict contrary to law, because it appears to rest solely upon the testimony of a self-donfessed accomplice. For this reason it is unnecessary to determine whether the court correctly charged the jury that the defendant, if guilty, was not merely an accessory before the fact, but that, having furnished the key with which the burglary was committed, he was in law a principal. Without ruling upon the point, we are rather inclined to the opinion that if there had been any…