Any officer refusing to deliver a copy of any legal process by which the officer retains a party in custody to a person who demands such copy, and tenders the fees therefor, forfeits two hundred dollars ($200) to the person so detained.
Code 1858, § 3759; Shan., § 5539; Code 1932, § 9709; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-1839.
Cited: Hickman v. State, 153 S.W.3d 16, 2004 Tenn. LEXIS 828 (Tenn. 2004); Summers v. State, 212 S.W.3d 251, 2007 Tenn. LEXIS 15 (Tenn. 2007); Wiggins v. State, — S.W.3d —, 2009 Tenn. Crim. App. LEXIS 992 (Tenn. Crim. App. Dec. 7, 2009); Thompson v. Parker, — S.W.3d —, 2009 Tenn. Crim. App. LEXIS 1007 (Tenn. Crim. App. Dec. 9, 2009); Farra v. Carlton, — S.W.3d —, 2010 Tenn. Crim. App. LEXIS 93 (Tenn. Crim. App. Feb. 5, 2010); Davis v. Morrow, — S.W.3d —, 2010 Tenn. Crim. App. LEXIS 592 (Tenn. Crim. App. July 19, 2010); Cantrell v. Easterling, 346 S.W.3d 445, 2011 Tenn. LEXIS 746 (Tenn. Aug. 1, 2011); Wallace v. Dotson, — S.W.3d —, 2011 Tenn. Crim. App. LEXIS 360 (Tenn. Crim. App. May 17, 2011); Thurmond v. Sexton, — S.W.3d —, 2011 Tenn. Crim. App. LEXIS 892 (Tenn. Crim. App. Dec. 5, 2011); Robbins v. Mills, — S.W.3d —, 2012 Tenn. Crim. App. LEXIS 128 (Tenn. Crim. App. Mar. 1, 2012); Turner v. Mills, — S.W.3d —, 2012 Tenn. Crim. App. LEXIS 252 (Tenn. Crim. App. Apr. 25, 2012); Herndon v. State, — S.W.3d —, 2012 Tenn. Crim. App. LEXIS 955 (Tenn. Crim. App. Nov. 20, 2012); Gayles v. Carlton, — S.W.3d —, 2012 Tenn. Crim. App. LEXIS 961 (Tenn. Crim. App. Nov. 26, 2012); Doe v. Gwyn, — S.W.3d —, 2013 Tenn. Crim. App. LEXIS 244 (Tenn. Crim. App. Mar. 19, 2013); McDaniel v. Sexton, — S.W.3d —, 2013 Tenn. Crim. App. LEXIS 264 (Tenn. Crim. App. Mar. 25, 2013); Lanier v. State, — S.W.3d —, 2013 Tenn. Crim. App. LEXIS 344 (Tenn. Crim. App. Apr. 18, 2013).
Collateral References. Habeas corpus 67.