Supreme Court of Connecticut April 14, 1909 (State v. Rubaka)

Hall, J.

The first count of the indictment charges the defendants jointly, as principals, with the crime of murder in the first degree. The second count charges Saviak as principal and Rubaka as an accessory before the fact. They were tried together. The State claimed to have proved that Saviak did the act of killing and that Rubaka was present aiding and abetting him.