KING v. HENDRIC SINHO.

KING  v.  HENDRIC  SINHO.

Murder-Acquittal of prisoner on charge of murder-Prosecution for abetment of murder-Plea of autre fois acquit-Criminal Procedure Code, s. 181 and s. 330, sub-section (1).

    Where A, having been acquitted of a charge of murder, was indicted for abetment of murder,-

    Held that, in a case coming within section 181 of the Criminal Procedure Code, a charge of murder and a charge of abetment of murder against the same person may be joined, and that even without a separate charge of abetment, the accused may be convicted of abetment of murder on the charge of murder.

    Held also, that as at the previous trial the accused was acquitted of murder, and the jury did not pronounce him guilty of abetment of murder, the plea of autre fois acquit raised by the accused must prevail.

AT its second Criminal Session of 1903 for the Western Circuit the Supreme Court tried one Suwa, Hendric Sinho, and Abraham for the murder of Gunaratne Terunnanse. The jury found Suwa guilty of murder, and brought in a verdict of acquittal as regards Hendric Sinho and Abraham.

    In the following session of the Supreme Court Hendr

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