State v. Leach
Supreme Court of Connecticut
This was an information against Stoddard Leach in two counts. In the first, it was alleged, that on the 15th of June 1828, the defendant, being a lawful prisoner in the common gaol of New-Haven county, confined by virtue of a warrant particularly described, with William Hunt, William N. Williams and sundry other persons legally confined in said gaol, for having committed divers atrocious crimes and misdemea-nours, with force and arms, and with intent to effect his own…
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This was an information against Stoddard Leach in two counts. In the first, it was alleged, that on the 15th of June 1828, the defendant, being a lawful prisoner in the common gaol of New-Haven county, confined by virtue of a warrant particularly described, with William Hunt, William N. Williams and sundry other persons legally confined in said gaol, for having committed divers atrocious crimes and misdemea-nours, with force and arms, and with intent to effect his own escape, and for the purpose of effecting the escape of said other prisoners, wickedly and feloniously sawed off the iron…
1Opinion of the CourtDaggett, J.
It appears from the motion, that the prisoner was confined in gaol; and that he attempted to effect the escape of the other prisoners, in no other way or manner, than as a consequence of the attempt to effect his own escape. By this we are doubtless to understand, that the only object of the prisoner was to free himself from confinement, and if, in effecting this object, persons legally imprisoned escaped, he disregarded such .consequences.
The statute creating, the offence with which the prisoner was charged, and for which he was committed, was repealed before the acts alleged to be a crime,…
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