McCrady v. State

MORRISON, Presiding Judge.

The offense is offering a bribe to an officer to permit a prisoner in his custody to escape; the punishment, two years.

Omitting the formal parts, the indictment reads as follows:

“* * * did then and there unlawfully, willfully, and corruptly offer to bribe Don Smith, who was then and there a legally qualified City Police Officer of the City of Amarillo, of said county, to permit a certain prisoner, then in the lawful custody of the said Don Smith, as police officer aforesaid; to escape; in this, the said Don Smith, as police officer aforesaid, did then and there have…