Sec. 7-134. Lockup.
Sec. 7-134. Lockup. The selectmen of any town and the warden and burgesses of
any borough may erect or lease a suitable building or apartments within their respective
communities for a lockup in which persons awaiting trial or examination for offenses
committed in such town or borough may be confined until their cases are disposed of
according to law.
(1949 Rev., S. 654.)
See Secs. 53a-168 to 53a-171, inclusive, re definition of, and penalties for, "escape".
Expense of hospitalization of an arrestee not placed upon city. 166 C. 113. Statute applies to a town and/or borough,
but not a city. Id.