Sage v. State

The appellant was indicted and convicted as an accessory before the fact to the crime of murder.

The question for consideration is as to the sufficiency of the indictment after verdict to sustain a judgment as against a motion in arrest.

Concerning accessories we find the following in the code of criminal procedure : “ Whenever the person accused is to be charged as an accessory before the fact, the following (or words of similar import) shall be inserted after the statement of the offence committed by theprincipal: 'And the said A. B. was accessory before the fact to the said felony’ (here set…