Woodrow, R. v. 15 M. & W. 404 v. State, 31 Tex. Cr. 571 Woodard, State v. (Iowa) 50 N. W. Rep. 885 State v. 23 Vt. 92 Woodburne, R. v. 16 St. Tr. 54 Woodbury v. State, 69 Ala. 242 Wooden v. Shotwell, 3 Zab. 465 Wooderd, State v. 20 Iowa, 541 Woodfall, R. v. 5 Burr. 2661 Woodfin, State v. 87 N. C. 526 Woodford v. People, 62 N. Y. 117 Woodhead, R. v. 1 M. & R. 549 Woodhurst, R. v. 12 Cox C. C. 443 Woodley, State v. 25 Ga. 235 Woodlief v. State, 21 Tex. App. 412 Woodman, R. v. 14 Cox. C. C. 179 Woodruff v. State, 20 S. W Rep. 573 Woods, State v. 49 Kans. 237 459 644 r. State, 14 Tex. App. 57 v. State, 30 Tex. App. 346 Woolstan, R. v. 2 Strange, 834 Wooster v. Manfg. Co., 37 Me. 246 v. State, 55 Ala. 217 Wooten v. Miller, 7 S. & M. 380 Wootten, U. S. v. 29 Fed. Rep. 702 1079 826, 836 1605 288 1451, 1452 279 1831 a 464, 507 1498 a, 1519 813 578 v. State, 50 Md. 49 Worley, R. v. 3 Cox C. C. 535 Worrall, R. v. 7 C. & P. 516 1444 1276, 1277 867 INDEX. [THE FIGURES REFER TO THE SECTIONS.] ABANDONMENT, when a defence to attempt, 1865. ABATEMENT OF NUISANCE, 97, 1426, 1498 b. ABDUCTION AND KIDNAPPING. Indictment must conform to statutory conditions, 586. woman in such case may be a witness, 587. indictment must be in county of offence, 588. original actors are all principals, 589. kidnapping and "inveiglement" specifically indictable, 590. ignorance no defence to indictment for, 88. when with consent of girl abducted, 1756, 1765. suggestions for defence, 561, vol. i. ABERRATION, homicide through, 317-18, 320. ABETTOR, constituents of, 219. ABORTION. Producing an abortion is an offence at common law, 592. woman a witness for the prosecution, 593. consent no defence, 594. otherwise as to necessity, 595. non-pregnancy no defence to indictment for attempt, 596. nor non-potency of agency, 182, 1831. indictment must be special, 599. evidence inferential, 598. all concerned indictable, 599. homicide incidental to, 316, 323, 390, 430. conspiracy to commit, 1364. suggestions for defence, p. 569, vol. i. ABSENCE, proof of, in bigamy, 1691. ABUSE OF ELECTIVE FRANCHISE (see ELECTIONS). ABUSING FEMALE CHILDREN (see RAPE, SEDUCTION). "ACCELERATING DEATH" is homicide, 155 a. ACCESSARIES, law of, as to attempts, 198, 223. venue in case of, 287. ACCESSARYSHIP. Statutory Changes. Common law recently modified by statutes, 205 Principals. Principal in first degree is actual perpetrator, 206. presence is not necessary when causal connection is immediate; e. g., when agent is irresponsible, 207. ACCESSARYSHIP-Continued. accessary before the fact cannot be convicted as principal, 208. wife not ordinarily co-principal with husband, 210. principals in the second degree are those present aiding and abetting, 211. and not mere sympathy, 211 d. if principal is irresponsible, indictment should not be for aiding and confederacy with constructive presence may constitute principal, 213. in duels all are principals, 215. persons abetting suicide are principals in murder, 216. persons executing parts of crime separately are principals, 217. persons outside keeping watch are principals, 218. an abettor must be near enough to give assistance, 219. persons confederating for wrongful purpose are chargeable with inci- distinction between two degrees only essential when punishment varies, conviction of principal in the first degree not a condition precedent to in misdemeanors all are principals, 223. Accessaries before the Fact. Commanding and counselling constitute accessaryship before the fact, 225. must be causal connection, 226. silent acquiescence is not counselling, 227. assistance must be rendered knowingly and really, 231. detectives not accessaries, 231 a. may be accessary before the fact to manslaughter, 232. accessary before the fact need not be originator, 233. conditions of time immaterial, 235. grade of guilt not necessarily the same, 236. conviction of principal no longer a prerequisite, 237. indictment must particularize offence, 238. verdict must specify grade, 239. jurisdiction of, 287. attempts, 240. Accessaries after the Fact. An accessary after the fact is one who subsequently assists or comforts the felon, 241. knowledge of principal's guilt is essential, 242. |