South Carolina § 16-9-440 Officer permitting prisoner to be taken by a mob or other unlawful assemblage of persons.

South Carolina Statutes

§ 16-9-440 — Officer permitting prisoner to be taken by a mob or other unlawful assemblage of persons.

South Carolina § 16-9-440

Title 16CRIMES AND OFFENSES

Ch. 9OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC JUSTICE

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S.C. Code Ann. § 16-9-440 (2026).

Text

If any prisoner lawfully in the charge, custody or control of any officer, State, county or municipal, shall be seized and taken from such officer through his negligence, permission or connivance by a mob or other unlawful assemblage of persons and at their hands suffering bodily violence or death, the officer shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon true bill found, shall be deposed from his office pending his trial and, upon conviction, shall forfeit his office and shall, unless pardoned by the Governor, be ineligible to hold any office of trust or profit within this State.

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If any prisoner lawfully in the charge, custody or control of any officer, State, county or municipal, shall be seized and taken from such officer through his negligence, permission or connivance by a mob or other unlawful assemblage of persons and at their hands suffering bodily violence or death, the officer shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon true bill found, shall be deposed from his office pending his trial and, upon conviction, shall forfeit his office and shall, unless pardoned by the Governor, be ineligible to hold any office of trust or profit within this State.

Legislative History

HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 16-234; 1952 Code SECTION 16-234; 1942 Code SECTION 1128; 1932 Code SECTION 1128; Cr. C. '22 SECTION 27; Cr. C. '12 SECTION 173; Cr. C. '02 SECTION 142; 1896 (22) 213; 1908 (25) 1019.