If any person sentenced to imprisonment in a county jail or in the penitentiary on a conviction for a criminal offense shall escape, he may be pursued, retaken and imprisoned again, notwithstanding the term for which he was sentenced to be imprisoned may have expired at the time he is retaken, and remain so imprisoned until tried for such escape, or until he be discharged by a failure to prosecute therefor.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 544.160
Escaped prisoner may be retaken after term expires
Effective: 28 Aug 1939; (RSMo 1939 § 4318); Prior revisions: 1929 § 3924; 1919 § 3172; 1909 § 4390
Official source: Missouri Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Missouri statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.