Section 14-6-5 Refusal to receive prisoner into custody.
Section 14-6-5
Refusal to receive prisoner into custody.
Any jailer or other officer who willfully refuses to receive into his custody any person lawfully committed thereto on any criminal charge or conviction must, on conviction, be fined not more than $500.00.
(Code 1852, §31; Code 1867, §3572; Code 1876, §4129; Code 1886, §3973; Code 1896, §5112; Code 1907, §7472; Code 1923, §5064; Code 1940, T. 45, §116.)