Young v. State

William F. Young, plaintiff in error, here referred to as the defendant, was on the 8th day of September, 1922, by verdict of a jury found guilty of willfully aiding a fugitive from justice to escape, with his punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for a term of 5 years. From the judgment in accordance with the verdict, he appeals.

In order to intelligently treat the assignments of error a brief recital of the facts will be necessary. The testimony on the part of the state shows that Frank Burch, a negro, and Earl Young, son of the defendant, were confined in the county jail of…