If a sheriff has neglected to return the writ agreeably to the command thereof, the attachment against him may be directed to the coroner or to any other person to be designated therein, who shall have power to execute the same, and such sheriff, upon being brought up, may be committed to the jail of any county other than his own.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 17-18
Attachment against sheriff to be directed to coroner; procedure
1868-9, c. 116, s. 16; Code, s. 1639; Rev., s. 1836; C.S., s. 2220.
Official source: North Carolina General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain North Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.