199.260 - Neglect or refusal to receive person into custody.

199.260  Neglect or refusal to receive person into custody.  Every officer who, in violation of any legal duty, shall willfully neglect or refuse to receive a person into his or her official custody or into a prison under his or her charge shall, in a case where no other punishment is specially provided by law, be guilty of a gross misdemeanor.

      [1911 C&P § 95; RL § 6360; NCL § 10044]