Bentley v. Commonwealth

SIMS, Chief Justice. •

This is a motion for an appeal from a judgment of 'the Pike Circuit- Court convicting appellant, Joe Bentley, of the crime of escaping jail and fixing his punishment at 30 days in jail and a fine of $100. In seeking a reversal he insists the court erred: 1. in overruling the demurrer to the indictment; 2. in overruling his motion for a directed verdict;. 3. in instructing the jury.

The indictment charged appellant with unlawfully, willfully and feloniously escaping from the Pike County jail while outside the jail to which he was committed by a judgment of the Pike Circuit…