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STATE v. BUTLER

No. 46433.

310 S.W.2d 952 (1958)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Hollis BUTLER, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 2.

March 10, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bradley & Noble, Kennett, for appellant.

John M. Dalton, Atty. Gen., Russell S. Noblet, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for respondent.

ELMO B. HUNTER, Special Judge.

Defendant, Hollis Butler, on May 1, 1957, was convicted by a jury in Dunklin County in the circuit court of breaking out of the county jail and escaping, a graded felony under Section 557.380 RSMo 1949, V.A.M.S., and his punishment was assessed at six months in the county jail. He appealed to this court.

The information in substance charged that defendant on March 12, 1956, in Dunklin County, Missouri, while lawfully confined...

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