Authority of officer to pursue and arrest defendant in another county on warrant from municipal court.

Any lawful officer, having a warrant of arrest issued by a municipal court to execute, may pursue the defendant into another county and, on obtaining a signed endorsement on the warrant by an officer of that county authorized to issue such a warrant, to the following effect: "A. B. is authorized to execute this warrant in ________ County," may summon persons to assist him in making the arrest, and exercise the same authority as in his own county.

(Code 1852, §437; Code 1867, §3986; Code 1876, §4656; Code 1886, §4271; Code 1896, §5220; Code 1907, §6279; Code 1923, §3273; Code 1940, T. 15, §164.)