Kerr v. State

1. An accusation duly filed in the criminal court of the City of Atlanta jointly charged B. L. Hecox and R. ■Kerr with the offense of simple larceny. They were tried severally, and each being found guilty, filed a motion for a new trial. Both motions were overruled, and separate writs of error were brought to this court. The evidence in the record of Kerr’s trial tends to show that Hecox was the actual perpetrator of the offense committed, and it is evident that Kerr was convicted upon the theory that he aided and abetted Hecox in doing the criminal act, and that, as the same was a…