State v. Jardine

The defendant Jardine pleaded guilty to the offense of accessory before the fact to the offense of manslaughter in the first degree which consists of killing a person without intending to effect death while committing a misdemeanor under circumstances such as to constitute murder at common law. Secs. 340.10 and 353.05, Wis. Stats. The killing to which the defendant was accessory is that for which Fred W. Blankenship, whose case is decided herewith, ante, p. 195, 7 N. W. (2d) 424, was sentenced as principal. The misdemeanor Blankenship was committing was recklessly driving an automobile on the…