14-6-11
Section 14-6-11 Summoning of guards to prevent escape. When the county jail is insecure or
insufficient and there is reason to apprehend an escape, the sheriff has authority, and it
is his duty, to summon as many guards as may be necessary to prevent an escape. (Code 1852,
§251; Code 1867, §3799; Code 1876, §4499; Code 1886, §4547; Code 1896, §4958; Code 1907,
§7203; Code 1923, §4813; Code 1940, T. 45, §131.)...
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14-6-10
Section 14-6-10 Removal of prisoners - Use of guards. (a) When it becomes necessary to remove
any prisoner from the jail of one county to another, in any case by law provided, the sheriff,
or other officer having charge of such prisoner, has authority, and it is his duty, to summon
such guards as may be necessary to prevent an escape. (b) When prisoners are removed from
the jail under the provisions of either Section 14-6-8 or 14-6-9, the sheriff or jailer has
authority, and it is his duty, to summon such guards as may be necessary to insure their safekeeping.
(Code 1852, §§250, 254; Code 1867, §§3798, 3802; Code 1876, §§4498, 4502; Code 1886,
§§4546, 4551; Code 1896, §§4957, 4962; Code 1907, §§7202, 7207; Code 1923, §§4812,
4817; Code 1940, T. 45, §§130, 134.)...
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14-3-15
Section 14-3-15 Officers and guards - Pursuit and arrest of escaped convicts. Every officer
and guard, regularly sworn, shall have power to pursue and arrest any escaped convict in any
county of this state without a warrant. He may use such force or means as may be required
under the circumstances to prevent the convict's escape by flight or to overcome his resistance.
He shall have the same authority as a sheriff to summon persons to assist in making such arrest
or to protect such convict from any violence after arrest. (Code 1886, §4580; Code 1896,
§4453; Code 1907, §6505; Code 1923, §3604; Code 1940, T. 45, §22; Acts 1951, No. 365,
p. 660.)...
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36-22-3
Section 36-22-3 Duties generally. (a) It shall be the duty of the sheriff: (1) To execute and
return the process and orders of the courts of record of this state and of officers of competent
authority with due diligence when delivered to him or her for that purpose, according to law.
(2) To attend upon the circuit courts and district courts held in his or her county when in
session and the courts of probate, when required by the judge of probate, and to obey the
lawful orders and directions of such courts. (3) To, three days before each session of the
circuit court in his or her county, render to the county treasury or custodian of county funds
a statement in writing and on oath of the moneys received by him or her for the county, specifying
the amount received in each case, from whom and pay the amount to the county treasurer or
custodian of county funds. (4) To, with the assistance of deputies as necessary, ferret out
crime, apprehend and arrest criminals and, insofar as within their...
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15-8-150
Section 15-8-150 Contents; sufficiency; use of analogous forms. The forms of indictment set
forth in this section in all cases in which they are applicable, are sufficient, and analogous
forms may be used in other cases. (1) CAPTION, COMMENCEMENT AND CONCLUSION GENERALLY. The
State of Alabama,) Circuit court, ___ session, ___) 20___ The grand jury of said county charge
that, before the finding of this indictment, etc. (describing the offense as in the following
forms), against the peace and dignity of the State of Alabama. E.F.J.,District Attorney of
the ______ circuit. (2) ADVERTISING, ETC., UNREGISTERED SECURITIES. A. B. did, contrary to
law, and subsequent to the ____ day of ____, 20__, advertise (or otherwise describing the
unlawful act) in this state for the purpose of inducing or securing subscriptions to or sales
of the capital stock of the X. Y. company (or otherwise describing the security so advertised),
which said stock (or other security) had not then...
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37-2-137
Section 37-2-137 Cattle guards. Every person or corporation operating a railroad must put cattle
guards and crossings for plantation roads upon such railroad, and keep the same in good repair,
whenever the owner or person in possession of the land through which the road passes shall
make demand upon them or their agents, and show that such guards are necessary to prevent
the depredation of stock upon his land, and the crossings are necessary for the proper use
of the land. The owner or person in possession of the land through which the railroad passes
may recover, of the person or corporation operating the railroad, the sum of $25.00 for every
30 days of default on the part of the person or corporation operating the railroad after written
demand, served on an officer, road master or section foreman, designating the place for the
erection of the cattle guard or road crossing, and a like penalty for failing to keep the
cattle guard or road crossing in good repair after written demand....
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14-3-43
Section 14-3-43 Removal of convicts - Disease or other urgent necessity. The Board of Corrections
may cause the convicts to be removed to such place of security within the state as they may
deem expedient whenever the prevalence of any epidemic, infectious or contagious disease or
any other urgent necessity may render such removal proper, taking all necessary precautions
to insure the safekeeping of the convicts and to prevent escape when removed. (Code 1852,
§298; Code 1867, §3846; Code 1876, §4547; Code 1886, §4663; Code 1896, §4481; Code 1907,
§6533; Code 1923, §3629; Code 1940, T. 45, §40.)...
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14-3-54
Section 14-3-54 Inquiry into management and treatment of convicts. The Board of Corrections
shall have authority to summon, swear and examine witnesses as to any matter concerning the
management and treatment of convicts; and the board may administer the oath of office to guards
and employees and may administer oaths as to the correctness of any account or statement in
regard to the prison system. (Code 1886, §4664; Code 1896, §4508; Code 1907, §6562; Code
1923, §3659; Code 1940, T. 45, §63.)...
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12-16-191
Section 12-16-191 Duty of grand juries as to condition of county jail, etc. It shall be the
duty of the grand jury to determine at least once annually the condition of the county jail
in regard to its sufficiency for the safekeeping of prisoners and their accommodation and
health and to inquire into the manner in which the same has been kept since the last determination.
The determination may include a personal inspection and a review of all inspection records
of the jail. If it shall be found that such jail is not constructed in the manner prescribed
by law and so strongly and securely built as to prevent the escape of prisoners confined therein
and properly ventilated, the grand jury shall, as often as may be necessary, present its findings
to the district attorney, sheriff and county commission for appropriate action. (Code 1852,
§§544, 772; Code 1867, §§906, 4094; Code 1876, §§825, 4767; Code 1886, §4341; Code
1896, §5026; Code 1907, §7287; Code 1923, §8669; Code 1940, T....
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12-21-225
Section 12-21-225 Testimony for state or defendant by convict. (a) The presiding judge of any
circuit court or district court having reason to believe that the testimony of any convict
serving a sentence in the penitentiary or to hard labor for the county is necessary in any
criminal prosecution for the state and that other evidence cannot be obtained on behalf of
the state may order a writ to be issued by the clerk, commanding the Board of Corrections
to have the convict before the court on a specified day to give testimony in the particular
case for the state. Moreover, upon the sworn petition of the defendant in a criminal prosecution
showing that a convict serving sentence in the penitentiary knows facts which would be beneficial
to him, the judge may, if he believes the ends of justice will be served thereby, order the
issuance of such a writ to secure the appearance of the convict to testify on behalf of the
defendant. The writ shall be served on the board at least one week...
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