§ 14-259. Harboring or aiding certain persons.
§14‑259. Harboring or aiding certain persons.
It shall be unlawful for anyperson knowing or having reasonable cause to believe, that any person hasescaped from any prison, jail, reformatory, or from the criminal insanedepartment of any State hospital, or from the custody of any peace officer whohad such person in charge, or that such person is a convict or prisoner whoseparole has been revoked, or that such person is a fugitive from justice or isotherwise the subject of an outstanding warrant for arrest or order of arrest,to conceal, hide, harbor, feed, clothe or otherwise aid and comfort in anymanner to any such person. Fugitive from justice shall, for the purpose ofthis provision, mean any person who has fled from any other jurisdiction to avoidprosecution for a crime.
Every person who shallconceal, hide, harbor, feed, clothe, or offer aid and comfort to any otherperson in violation of this section shall be guilty of a felony, if such otherperson has been convicted of, or was in custody upon the charge of a felony,and shall be punished as a Class I felon; and shall be guilty of a Class 1misdemeanor, if such other person had been convicted of, or was in custody upona charge of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished in the discretion of the court.
The provisions of this sectionshall not apply to members of the immediate family of such person. For thepurposes of this section "immediate family" shall be defined to bethe mother, father, brother, sister, wife, husband and child of said person. (1939,c. 72; 1979, c. 760, s. 5; 1979, 2nd Sess., c. 1316, s. 47; 1981, c. 63, s. 1,c. 179, s. 14; 1983, c. 564, ss. 1‑3; 1993, c. 539, s. 161; 1994, Ex.Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)