Rhode Island General Laws 10-9-27. Transfer or concealment of prisoner with intent to avoid writ
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Every person who shall have in custody or under his or her power any person entitled to any writ of habeas corpus, whether any writ has issued or not, and who shall, with intent to elude the service of a writ of habeas corpus or to avoid the effect of a writ of habeas corpus, transfer the prisoner to the custody, or place him or her under the power or control, of any other person, or conceal him or her, or change the place of his or her confinement, shall forfeit and pay to the party aggrieved thereby one thousand dollars ($1,000).
History of Section.
C.P.A. 1905, § 677; G.L. 1909, ch. 305, § 26; G.L. 1923, ch. 356, § 26; G.L. 1938, ch. 584, § 26; G.L. 1956, § 10-9-27.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 10-9-27
- Habeas corpus: A writ that is usually used to bring a prisoner before the court to determine the legality of his imprisonment. It may also be used to bring a person in custody before the court to give testimony, or to be prosecuted.
- person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6
- Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.