Section 14-3-34
Detention of convict en route.
It is the duty of all jailers, on demand of the officer in charge of any convict being conveyed to the penitentiary, to receive and safely keep such convict for the legal charge of feeding prisoners whenever such officer may deem it necessary to have him secured for the night or for any longer time they may be necessarily detained.
(Code 1852, §321; Code 1867, §3869; Code 1876, §4567; Code 1886, §4612; Code 1896, §4464; Code 1907, §6516; Code 1923, §3612; Code 1940, T. 45, §29.)