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Yepperson v. State, 39 Tex. 48
Yerger, ex parte, 8 Wall. 85
Yerkes, Com. v. 12 Cox C. C. 208 963,
964

Ye Wan, Territory v. 2 Montana,
478
Yoe v. People, 49 Ill. 410 237, 238, 522 Zeibart, State v. 40 Iowa, 169
Yoke, State v. 9 Mo. Ap. 582

488 1467 268

Zabriskie v. State, 43 N. J. L.
640
1757, 1763
Zallner v. State, 15 Tex. Ap. 3 3812
Zarresseller v. People, 17 Ill. 101
1514

Zchocke v. People, 62 Ill. 127

965,

15 a

1063

238, 444,

Yonowski v. State, 79 Ind. 393
Yordi, State v. 40 Kan. 221

1491, 1493 1431 a

522, 648

532

York, Com. v. 9 Met. 93

455

R. v. 3 Cox C. C. 181; 1 Den. C. C. 335; 2 C. & K. 841 845, 906, 909 State v. 5 Harring. 493 885, 899 State v. 70 N. C. 66 1546 Young, Com. v. 15 Grat. 664 1512b Com. v. 33 Grat. 827 1499 Com. v. 9 Gray, 5 1019, 1020, 1022

493, 501, 502, 503 Zenobio r. Axtell, 6 T. R. 162 1656 Zephon, Com. v. MS. Phil. 1844 381 Zink v. People, 77 N. Y. 414; 6

Abb. New Cas. 413 914, 971, 1135 Zook v. State, 47 Ind. 463 1466 Zug v. Com., 70 Penn. St. 138 1477 Zumhoff v. State, 4 Greene (Iowa), 526 1530

Zeiger, People v. 6 Parker
355
Zeitler, State v. 63 Ind. 441 1514
Zellers, State v. 2 Halst. 220

C. R.

88, 1505

INDEX.

[THE FIGURES REFER TO THE SECTIONS.]

ABANDONMENT, when a defence to attempt, 1865.

ABANDONMENT OF DEPENDENTS, 1563 et seq. (see MISCONDUCT
IN OFFICE).

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.
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.

ABSENCE, proof of, in bigamy, 1691.

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.

ACCESSARYSHIP-(continued).

Principals.

Principal In first degree is actual perpetrator, 206.

e. g., when

presence is not necessary when causal connection is immediate; e.
agent is irresponsible, 207.

accessary before the fact cannot be convicted as principal, 208.

non-resident party may be liable for agent's acts, 209.

wife not ordinarily co-principal with husband, 210.

principals in the second degree are those present aiding and abetting, 211.
mere presence does not involve complicity, 211 a.
capacity to execute not always essential, 211 b.
confederacy must be real, 211 c.

and not mere sympathy, 211 d.

if principal is irresponsible, indictment should not be for aiding and abet-
ting, 212.

confederacy with constructive presence may constitute principal, 213.
but act must result from confederacy, 214.

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 incidental
felony, 220.

distinction between two degrees only essential when punishment varies, 221.
conviction of principal in the first degree not a condition precedent to trial,
of principal in second degree, 222.

in misdemeanors all are principals, 223.
and so as to treason at common law, 224.

Accessaries before the Fact.

Commanding and counselling constitute accessaryship before the fact, 225.
several instigators may be combined, 225 a.

must be causal connection, 226.

silent acquiescence is not counselling, 227.

countermanded advice does not implicate, 228.
accessary not liable for collateral crime, 229.
relative guilt of accessary and principal, 230.

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.

quantity of aid immaterial, 234.

conditions of time immaterial, 235.

grade of guilt not necessarily the same, 236.

conviction of principal no longer a prerequisite, 287.
indictment must particularize offence, 238.

ACCESSARYSHIP-(continued).

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.

wife is not liable as accessary 243.

conviction of principal primâ facie evidence of guilt, 244.

indictment must be specific, 245.

Principal's Liability for Agent.

Where the agent acts directly under principal's commands, principal lia-
ble, 246.

so when agent is in line of principal's business, 247.

non-resident principal intra-territorially liable, 248.
Misprision.

Misprision of felony is concealment of felony, 249.

ACCIDENT, how far a defence, 169.

ACCOMPLICE (see ACCESSARY, DECOY).

ACQUIESCENCE does not constitute counselling (see VOLENTI NON FIT

INJURIA), 227.

when a defence in rape, 558-60, 577.
when defence to an attempt, 189.

ACT, GUILTY, causation of (see CAUSAL CONNECTION).

responsibility for (see INSANITY).

ADMIRALTY JURISDICTION, limits of, 269-72.
ADMISSIONS, weight of in proving marriage, 1700.
ADULTERATIONS, when indictable at common law, 1120.
ignorance of, no defence, 88.

ADULTERER, guilty of larceny in stealing husband's goods, 917.
homicide of, 459.

ADULTERESS, guilty of larceny in stealing husband's goods, 917.
ADULTERY.

Definition.

Ecclesiastical law in this respect part of common law, 1717.

by Roman law adultery is illicit intercourse with married woman, 1718.
by ecclesiastical law it is a sexual violation of the marriage relation, 1719.
in the United States definition varies with local statutes, 1720.

when statute makes "adultery" alone indictable, it includes both sexes,

1721.

living in adultery implies continuous living, 1721 a.

Defences.

Divorce is a defence, 1722.

but not desertion, 1723.

nor want of consent in participant, 1724.

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