State v. Ricker
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
This was an indictment against Benjamin D. Ricker in two counts. The first count charged, that said Ricker did counsel, hire and procure one John Staples, a minor, to set fire to and burn the barn of one Isaac Barker in Hermon, in said county, and that afterwards, on the same day, the said John Staples set fire to said barn, and it was burned ; and that said Ricker, before the burning of said barn by said Staples, was accessory thereto, by hireing, counseling and procuring…
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This was an indictment against Benjamin D. Ricker in two counts. The first count charged, that said Ricker did counsel, hire and procure one John Staples, a minor, to set fire to and burn the barn of one Isaac Barker in Hermon, in said county, and that afterwards, on the same day, the said John Staples set fire to said barn, and it was burned ; and that said Ricker, before the burning of said barn by said Staples, was accessory thereto, by hireing, counseling and procuring the felony aforesaid to be done, &c. The second count alleged, that said Ricker, at the same time and place, did set fire…
1Opinion of the Court
Tenney J.
The first count in the indictment, charges the defendant with the offence of procuring one John Staples to burn a barn described, which was burnt by the said Staples accordingly. The second count is against the defendant for burning the barn as principal. Staples had not been convicted or indicted, and was a witness for the prosecution. The jury were instructed, that if they were satisfied, that the barn was burnt by the act of John Staples, and Staples fired it by the procurement of the defendant, they might find the defendant guilty under the second count.
An accessory before the…
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