Tennessee Statutes
§ 40-23-111 — Qualifications of guard
Tennessee § 40-23-111
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Bluebook
Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-23-111 (2026).
Text
The additional guard or guards that the sheriff and other officers are authorized to summon to assist in conveying convicts to the penitentiary, or to and from the penitentiary, and to prevent a rescue, shall consist of able bodied persons, who shall not be under eighteen (18) years of age.
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Legislative History
Code 1858, § 5593 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 63, § 1); Shan., §7634; Code 1932, § 12263; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 40-3114.
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Tennessee § 40-23-111, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/tn/40-23-111.