State v. Hatfield

Citations

• 66 Wash. 9
• 118 P. 893
• 1911 Wash. LEXIS 1003

Syllabus

<p>Escape — Attempt—Authobity eoe Custody — Final Judgment— Commitment — Necessity. One imprisoned in the county jail after a final judgment of conviction and sentence authorizing his detention, is lawfully in custody and may be guilty of an attempt to escape jail, although the sheriff did not have in his possession any commitment or written evidence of authority to detain him; Rem. & Bal. Code, § 2207, merely providing that such a commitment shall be sufficient authority to the sheriff to execute sentence, not that it is essential.</p> <p>Escape — Evidence—Sufficiency. Evidence is sufficient to establish an attempt to escape jail by force, where it appears that the defendant was confined in the county jail under conviction and sentence, that he bad concealed and in his possession saws suitable for cutting iron or steel, that a short time before he counseled escape with other prisoners, and that he guarded the door of his cell while a bolt was being heated and sawed by another prisoner in his cell.</p>