STATE v. DANDRIDGE


37 N.J. Super. 144 (1955)

117 A.2d 153

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. JOHN DANDRIDGE, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided October 5, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Martin J. Queenan, Burlington County Prosecutor, attorney for the State.

Mr. John Dandridge, pro se.


The opinion of the court was delivered by GOLDMANN, S.J.A.D.

Defendant, serving a life sentence for murder, on November 6, 1945 in concert with three fellow inmates, Edwards, Cokley and Hart, assaulted a guard at the New Jersey State Prison Farm at Bordentown, N.J., scaled the wall, stole the guard's automobile, and escaped from the institution. All four were apprehended and returned to prison a few days later. Thereafter the December 1945 Burlington County grand...

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