Moore v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Hays. Tried below before Hon. L. W. Moore. Appeal from a conviction of attempting to bribe an officer; penalty, two years imprisonment in the penitentiary.
1Opinion of the Court
BROOKS, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of attempting to bribe an officer, and given two years in the penitentiary.
The charging part of the indictment is as follows: That defendant, Columbus Moore, "then and there unlawfully, willfully and corruptly offered to bribe Tom Jackman, who was then and there the legally qualified deputy sheriff of Hays County, Texas, to permit said Columbus Moore, a prisoner there in the lawful custody of said Tom Jackman as deputy sheriff aforesaid, to escape, in this, the said Tom Jackman as deputy sheriff aforesaid did then and there have in lawful custody said…
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