Martin v. State

English, Cb. J.:

The indictment in this case is, in substance, as follows :

“The grand jurors of Faulkner County, in the name and by authority of the State, etc., accuse j. E. Martin of the crime of negligent escape, committed as follows, viz: The said J. E. Martin, on the 13th day of September, 1876, in the county and state aforesaid, then being the Sheriff of said County of Faulkner, and having the lawful custody of J. E. Rhea, under and by virtue of a warrant issued by A. F. Livingston, a magistrate of said county, upon charge of a felony, which said warrant ivas ■delivered to said J. E.…