Monk v. State

BROWN, Justice.

This is the appeal of Leonard Monk from the judgment of conviction and sentence of death entered by the Circuit Court of Montgomery County on the verdict of a jury duly impaneled in said court, finding him guilty of robbery as charged and fixing the penalty at death.

The evidence offered by the State goes to show that the appellant and four other convicts lawfully in the custody of the guards of Kilby Prison, through preconcert procured firearms by force or stealth from their place of storage where such arms were kept by the prison authorities, and made their escape from such…