§ 44-1-33 — [Service by delivery to custodian or person to whom writ is

directed.] Every writ of habeas corpus issued pursuant to this chapter may be served by delivering the same to the person to whom it is directed. If he cannot be found, it may be served by being left at the jail or other place in which the prisoner is confined, with any under officer or other person of proper age having charge for the time of such prisoner.

Legislative History

Laws 1884, ch. 1, § 32; C.L. 1884, § 2043; C.L. 1897, § 2813; Code 1915, §