The county coroner shall be keeper of the jail when the sheriff is imprisoned or absent from the county leaving no deputy.
(Orig. Code 1863, § 564; Code 1868, § 628; Code 1873, § 587; Code 1882, § 587; Penal Code 1895, § 1122; Penal Code 1910, § 1151; Code 1933, § 77-105.)
Cross references.- Coroners generally, T. 45, C. 16.
RESEARCH REFERENCES
C.J.S.
- 80 C.J.S., Sheriffs and Constables, §§ 31, 37.