19-1914.   Escape of prisoner confined on civil process; liability ofsheriff.If any prisoner confined on civil process shall violently escape fromprison without connivance of the jailer, and such prisoner shall berecommitted to the prison whence he escaped within three months after suchescape, such a recommitment shall operate to bar any recovery against thesheriff for such escape, except for the costs of any action that shall havebeen previously commenced against him therefor.

      History:   G.S. 1868, ch. 53, § 14; Oct. 31; R.S. 1923, 19-1914.