State v. Frideaux

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Price, C. J.:

Defendant, Richard Frideaux, appeals from a conviction of the offense of attempting to aid or assist a prisoner being held in the Reno county jail awaiting trial on four felony charges— to escape therefrom — in violation of K. S. A. 21-101 and 21-728.

Very briefly — the background of the matter is this.

One Charles Holder was being held in jail, along with defendant and others. Defendant was released on bond on December 9, 1969. The next day he delivered to the jailer a paper sack containing a tube of toothpaste and requested that it be…