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KNIGHT v. STATE

229 S.W.2d 501 (1950)

KNIGHT v. STATE.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

April 29, 1950.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

O. W. McKenzie, Dayton, for plaintiff in error.

Nat Tipton, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.

TOMLINSON, Justice.

While Knight was being held in jail after this case had been appealed he escaped and was gone for a long while. Nevertheless, he was in custody at the time of consideration by this Court of that appeal and, as we understand it, has been in custody for quite a while. The State has made a motion to dismiss the appeal because of the escape and relies upon the case of Bradford v. State, 184 Tenn. 694, 202 S.W.2d 647.

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