Any officer or other person having in lawful custody any person accused of an offense for the purpose of bringing him before the proper magistrate or court, may place and detain such prisoner in any county jail of this state for one night or longer, as the occasion may require, so as to answer the purposes of the arrest and custody.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 29-410
Prisoner; lawful arrest; detention
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case State v. Nissen (1997)
Most recently applied in State v. Nissen (March 1997)
G.S.1873, c. 58, § 292, p. 791; R.S.1913, § 8946; C.S.1922, § 9970; C.S.1929, § 29-410; R.S.1943, § 29-410.
Official source: Nebraska Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Nebraska statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.