King v. State

Citations

• 42 Fla. 260

Syllabus

<p>1. Section 2591, Revised Statutes, providing that whoever aids 01-assists a prisoner in escaping, or attempting to escape, from an officer, or person, who has the lawful custody of such prisoner, shall be punished, etc., does not so describe the offence intended to be created as to come within the rule that an indictment or information following the language of a statute without further expansion will be sufficient-</p> <p>2. An essential of the crime created by Section 2591, Revised Statutes, is that aid and assistance to escape, or attempt to escape, must be given to a prisoner in lawful custody, and under Section 2892 an allegation that the prisoner was at the time oí being assisted to escape held in lawful custody of a known public officer authorized to have such custody wi'l be sufficient.</p>