Brown v. State

JONES, Justice:

Appellant had been convicted and sentenced to the State Penitentiary from which he escaped. The indictment was drawn under Section 2138, Mississippi Code 1942 as amended by the Laws of 1966, Chapter 357, which statute, as amended, reads as follows:

If any person sentenced to the penitentiary for any term less than for life shall break such prison and escape thence, or shall escape from custody before confinement therein, he shall, upon conviction, be punished by imprisonment in such prison for a term not exceeding five (5) years, to commence from and after the expiration of the…