To retake the party escaping or rescued, the person pursuing may, after notice of that person's intention and refusal of admittance, break open any outer or inner door or window of a dwelling house.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-7-115
Breaking in to retake escaped prisoner
Code 1858, § 5047; Shan., § 7007; Code 1932, § 11546; T.C.A
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