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Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE |
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Title 1. CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE |
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Chapter 16. THE COMMITMENT OR DISCHARGE OF THE ACCUSED |
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Art. 16.21. DUTY OF SHERIFF AS TO PRISONERS |
| Every sheriff shall keep safely a person committed to his custody. He shall use no cruel or unusual means to secure this end, but shall adopt all necessary measures to prevent the escape of a prisoner. He may summon a guard of sufficient number, in case it becomes necessary to prevent an escape from jail, or the rescue of a prisoner. |
| Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722. |