Bradford v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Montgomery City Court. Heard before Hon. W. H. Thomas. The indictment in this case was in the following language : “The grand jury of said county charge that before the finding of this indictment J. M. Bradford, whose Christian name to the grand jury is unknown, having been convicted of the offense of grand larceny in the city court of Montgomery of Montgomery county, Ala., at the October term, 1905, of said court, and duly sentenced to the penitentiary of the…
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Appeal from Montgomery City Court. Heard before Hon. W. H. Thomas. The indictment in this case was in the following language : “The grand jury of said county charge that before the finding of this indictment J. M. Bradford, whose Christian name to the grand jury is unknown, having been convicted of the offense of grand larceny in the city court of Montgomery of Montgomery county, Ala., at the October term, 1905, of said court, and duly sentenced to the penitentiary of the state of Alabama, did attempt to escape before the expibation of his sentence from the county jail of Montgomry county,…
1Opinion of the CourtAnderson, J.
The indictment charges that the defendant, who had been duly sentenced to the penitentiary, “did attempt to escape before the expiration of his sentence from the county jail of Montgomery county, Ala.,” where the said J. M. Bradford was held in custody, under authority of law. The indictment evidently intended to make out a charge under § 4707 of the code of 1896, which relates to escapes and attempts to. escape from the penitentiary, hirer or guard, and not from a jail. The indictment may have been drawn under § 4707 of the code, and the trial court proceeded upon that idea in fixing the…
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