Bailey v. State

BEAUCHAMP, Judge.

The offense is robbery from the person and the punishment is twelve years.

A proper analysis of the evidence in this case shows that appellant was a prisoner in the Travis County jail. He assaulted the jailer, and following a long and desperate struggle, took from him a bunch of six large jail door keys on two rings fastened together. The keys were used as a weapon of defense by the jailer and subsequently for offensive attack by appellant. At the end of the struggle appellant found himself still in jail but with the keys in his cell.

The indictment is under Article 1408, Penal…