Walton v. State

— In this case the indictment first charged, in full and technical language, one Aaron Frazer with murder in the first degree, in and by his shooting and killing one John M. Walton on the 9th day of January, 1882, at and in Decatur ■County, Indiana; and the indictment then proceeded as follows :

“And the grand jurors aforesaid, on their oath aforesaid, do further present and charge that the said Ellen V. Walton was then and there accessory before the fact to the said felony, and before the commission thereof by the said Aaron Frazer as .aforesaid, to wit, on the said ninth day of January, A.…