Messer, Alias Moore v. State

HURT, Presiding Judge.

Appellant was convicted for offering to

bribe Joe Glazener to permit him (appellant), being a prisoner, to escape, and his punishment assessed at two years in the penitentiary; hence this appeal. The indictment alleges that “Glazener was a deputy constable of precinct number two of Tarrant county, Texas; a peace officer, and guard of the defendant.” The statute under which this conviction was obtained reads (Art. 138, Penal Code, 1895): “If any person shall bribe or offer to bribe any sheriff, or other peace officer, to permit any prisoner in his custody to escape, he…