Legislation
SECTION 174
Penalties for connivance at escape
Debtor & Creditor (DCD) CHAPTER 12, ARTICLE 7
§ 174. Penalties for connivance at escape. Any sheriff, constable or
jailer wilfully suffering any person so committed or re-committed,
pursuant to the foregoing sections, to escape, on conviction thereof, in
addition to any other punishment the court may inflict, shall forfeit to
the trustees a sum equal to the whole amount of debts due to the
creditors of such debtor, not exceeding two thousand five hundred
dollars.
jailer wilfully suffering any person so committed or re-committed,
pursuant to the foregoing sections, to escape, on conviction thereof, in
addition to any other punishment the court may inflict, shall forfeit to
the trustees a sum equal to the whole amount of debts due to the
creditors of such debtor, not exceeding two thousand five hundred
dollars.