19-1914. Escape of prisoner confined on civil process; liability of sheriff.
19-1914
19-1914. Escape of prisoner confined on civil process; liability of
sheriff.
If any prisoner confined on civil process shall violently escape from
prison without connivance of the jailer, and such prisoner shall be
recommitted to the prison whence he escaped within three months after such
escape, such a recommitment shall operate to bar any recovery against the
sheriff for such escape, except for the costs of any action that shall have
been previously commenced against him therefor.
History: G.S. 1868, ch. 53, § 14; Oct. 31; R.S. 1923, 19-1914.