_[See the case of State vs. Brown et al.% 104 Mo., 365; the strange case
of Reuben Deal, 64 N. C., 270; also on all fours with the facts here
involved, see Thompson vs. Commonwealth, 18 S. W. Rept., 3022; and the
very recent case of The People vs. Hughes, 39 Pacific Rept., 492;
also Rex vs. Hall, Bodens case, and others there cited, 2 Russell on
Crimes.]_