Steedley v. State

HAWKINS, Judge.

Appellant is under conviction for conveying saws into the jail of Stephens County to facilitate the escape of G. C. Allen, who was confined in the jail on an accusation of felony. The punishment assessed was five years in the penitentiary. (Prosecution was under Art. 328, Penal Code.)

G. C. Allen was in jail on a felony charge. Appellant was placed in jail for drunkenness. Other inmates of the jail at the time testified to conversations between appellant and Allen and between witnesses and appellant which authorized the jury to find that Allen had made arrangements with…