No sheriff, jailer or keeper of any jail shall, under any pretense, give, sell or deliver to any person committed to any jail for any cause whatever, any spirituous liquor, or any mixed liquor, part of which is spirituous, or any wine, cider or strong beer, under the penalties prescribed by the prohibition law of this state, unless a physician shall certify in writing that the health of such prisoner requires it, in which case he may be allowed the quantity prescribed and no more.
R.L. 1910, § 4604. Amended by Laws 1978, c. 244, § 14, eff. July 1, 1978.