Mockett, J.

1. The four appellants and one Killadi Dali Naidu who was accused 5 before the Sessions Court were charged in the case of accused 2, 3 and 4 with the murder of one Sriramulu on 1st November 1939; accused 1 was further charged with abetment of the murder by accused 2, 3 and 4, at the place of the murder, and accused 5 with abetment of accused 2 by waiting near by presumably with the object of co-operating. Accused 1 and 2 were further charged with dishonest misappropriation of property of the deceased. Accused 1 is the wife of the deceased and there can be little doubt that - to put it no higher - the married life of accused 1 and the deceased was not happy. The father of Sriramulu deposes that the deceased and his wife had not slept together after their marriage until actually the night of the occurrence. It is not necessary to investigate the relations between these two further than that. The prosecution relied on the ill-feeling alleged to exist between them as being at least the motive for the murder owing to the part said to have been taken in the murder by accused 1. Accused 3 and 4 are the brothers of accused 1. Accused 2 is a farm servant employed by a per