Brock v. Commonwealth

MOREMEN, Justice.

Appellant, Walton Brock, was indicted in the Laurel 'Circuit Court and charged with the offense of unlawfully, willfully, forcibly, and by bribery, effecting 'his' escape' from the sheriff of Laurel County at a time when he was under arrest on a charge of rape. The offense is defined by subsection (1) of KRS 432.370 as follows: “Any prisoner confined on a sentence of imprisonment or under a capias who escapes jail, or any person lawfully arrested for a violation of the criminal or penal laws who forcibly or by bribery effects his escape from the officer or guard, shall be…