97-9-31 - Escape of prisoners; aiding prisoners other than felons generally; conveying article useful for escape.
§ 97-9-31. Escape of prisoners; aiding prisoners other than felons generally; conveying article useful for escape.
Every person who, by any means whatever, shall aid or assist any prisoner lawfully committed to any jail or place of confinement, in execution of any conviction for any criminal offense other than felony, to escape, whether such escape be effective or not, or who shall convey into such jail or place of confinement any disguise, instrument, arm, or other things useful to facilitate the escape of any prisoner so committed, whether such escape be effective or attempted or not, shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding one year, or by fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or both.
Sources: Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 12, Title 5(15); 1857, ch. 64, art. 88; 1871, § 2553; 1880, § 2793; 1892, § 1071; 1906, § 1151; Hemingway's 1917, § 878; 1930, § 904; 1942, § 2133.