Section 14-10-3 Penalty for wrongful discharge by public official.
Section 14-10-3
Penalty for wrongful discharge by public official.
Any warden of the penitentiary, superintendent or guard of convicts, sheriff or other officer or employee of the state or county who shall discharge any convict otherwise than as required under the provisions of this code or who shall discharge such convict elsewhere than is required by law shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction therefor, shall be fined not less than $100.00.
Code 1907, §6607; Code 1923, §3703; Code 1940, T. 45, §106.)