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IOWA CODE, ch. 49, § 72, (Hughes & Williams 1843).

  • Year:
  • 1843
Category:

Sensitive Places and Times, Felons, Foreigners and Others Deemed Dangerous By the State,

Jurisdiction:

State,

"CHAPTER 49. 
CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS. 
AN ACT defining crimes and punishments...

...ASSISTING PERSONS IN JAIL TO ESCAPE, ETC.

Sec. 72. If any person shall aid or assist a prisoner, lawfully committed or detained in any jail, for any offense against this territory, or who shall be lawfully confined by virue of any civil process, to make his or her escape from jail, though no escape be actually made, or if any, person shall convey or cause to be delivered to such prisoner any disguise, instrument or arms, proper to facilitate the escape of such prisoner, any person so offending, although no escape or attempt to escape be actually made, shall, on conviction, be punished by fine not exceeding five hundred dollars nor les than one hundred dollars, and imprisonment in the penitentiary, at hard labor, for a term not exceeding two years."

Revised Statutes of the Territory of Iowa, Revised and Compiled by a Joint Committee of the Legislature, Session 1842-43, and Arranged by the Secretary of the Territory (Iowa City, IA: Hughes & Williams, 1843) (Reprint), 130. Chapter 49—An Act Defining Crimes and Punishments, § 72. Approved February 16, 1843. 

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