It is the duty of all jailers, on demand of the officer in charge of any convict being conveyed to the penitentiary, to receive and safely keep such convict for the legal charge of feeding prisoners whenever such officer may deem it necessary to have him secured for the night or for any longer time they may be necessarily detained.
Ala. Code § 14-3-34
Detention of Convict En Route.
(Code 1852, §321; Code 1867, §3869; Code 1876, §4567; Code 1886, §4612; Code 1896, §4464; Code 1907, §6516; Code 1923, §3612; Code 1940, T. 45, §29.)
Official source: Alabama Legislature (ALISON). Reproduced from public-domain Alabama statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.