Commonwealth v. Gray

Citations

• 265 Pa. 537
• 109 A. 239
• 1920 Pa. LEXIS 476

Syllabus

<p>■ Criminal law — Larceny — Accessory after the fad — Harmful error — Appeal—Charge—Indictment—Act of June 8, 1898, P. L. 286.</p> <p>1. An accessory after the fact is not a principal in the commission of a crime.</p> <p>2. On an indictment for larceny only it is error to charge the jury that the defendant may be convicted if he was an accessory after the fact.</p> <p>3. When error has been committed which may have been harmful, the sentence must be reversed.</p>