Commonwealth v. Anthony
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE 9 — INDICTMENT— APrEAL EROM m’lEAN CIRCUIT COURT. cited Rev. Slat., 639, see. 3 ; lb'., 247, sec. 26; lb., 244, sec. 10. cited Rev. Stat., chap. 93, art. 7, sec. 3 ; 1 Bishop’s Grim. Law, sec. 85, p. 81; lb., chap. 21, sec. 455; 4 Blackstone, 228, side page, Chilly's ed.; Lb., chap. 3. cited Rev. Stat., chap. 28, art. 1, secs. 10, 26; lb., chap. 28, art. 3, sec. 4; lb., chap. 93, art. 7, secs. 1,2, 3,4; lb., 190, sees. 16, 17; Grim. Code, sec. 125.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Simpson
An indictment was found against Isaac, a slave, charging him with the offense of administering a deadly poison, called corrosive sublimate, to Isaac Robison, and his wife and child, with the intention to destroy their lives.
In the same indictment, Anthony, a slave, was charged with the offense of being accessory before the fact to the crime thus committed by Isaac, by having, previously incited, procured, counseled, and commanded him to do it.
A demurrer to the indictment was filed in the court below on behalf of Anthony, which was sustained, and from that judgment the Commonwealth has…
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