Section 14-6-11
Summoning of guards to prevent escape.
When the county jail is insecure or insufficient and there is reason to apprehend an escape, the sheriff has authority, and it is his duty, to summon as many guards as may be necessary to prevent an escape.
(Code 1852, §251; Code 1867, §3799; Code 1876, §4499; Code 1886, §4547; Code 1896, §4958; Code 1907, §7203; Code 1923, §4813; Code 1940, T. 45, §131.)