Section 11-5-6
When to act as keeper of jail.
The coroner shall be keeper of the jail when the sheriff is imprisoned.
(Code 1852, §804; Code 1867, §939; Code 1876, §855; Code 1886, §926; Code 1896, §1077; Code 1907, §105; Code 1923, §160; Code 1940, T. 12, §58.)