Any magistrate shall command all persons who, in his view, may be engaged in riotous or disorderly conduct to the disturbance of the peace, to desist therefrom and shall arrest any such person who shall refuse obedience to his command and commit to jail any such person who shall fail to enter into sufficient recognizance either to keep the peace or to answer to an indictment, as the magistrate may determine.
S.C. Code Ann. § 22-5-140
Arrests by magistrates to preserve the peace
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case State v. Simms (2015)
Most recently applied in State v. Simms (June 2015)
1962 Code SECTION 43-214; 1952 Code SECTION 43-214; 1942 Code SECTION 938; 1932 Code SECTION 938; Cr
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