Claimants appeal from a judgment dismissing their claims for damages resulting from an assault upon them by an escaped convict. The Trial Judge held that the State was negligent in its supervision of Moseley, a convicted murderer whose vicious and remorseless character was known to the authorities and whose confinement was not merely for punishment but also for the protection of society.
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