State v. Montgomery

OPINION OP THE COURT

PARKER, C. J.

The statute, section 3066, Code 1915, under which the indictment was drawn, provides that any person who “shall, by any means whatever assist any such prisoner in his endeavor to escape therefrom (place where lawfully committed or detained) whether such escape be attempted or effected, or not,” shall be punished, etc. The indictment charges that the defendant ' ‘ did then and there knowingly, willfully, and unlawfully assist one Watson Kemp, in escaping from the city jail of Clovis, N. M. * * * by then and there unlocking and opening the door of said city jail…