The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-09-28
AN ORDINANCE
Defining ORenses Against Public
Justice, and Prohibiting Same.


Be it ordained by the City Council of
the City Of Waco,
Section. /. Any officer of the CITY
of Waco, having the legal custody Of
person accused or convicted OF a
misdemeanor who willlully permits
such person to escape or to be res.
cued shall be fined not exceeding one
thousand dollars.
Sec. 2. Any officer of the City of
Waco having the legal custody of
person accused or convicted of a mis-
demeanor, and who negligently per
mits such person to escape or be res
cued shall be punished by a fine not
exceeding five hundred dollars
Sec 3 Any officer of the City of
Waco who willfully refuses or fails
from neglect to execute any lawful
process in his hands, requiring the
arrest of person accused of misde-
meanor, whereby the accused escapes,
or who will'u'ly refuses to receive
into the city Jail under his charge, or
to receive into his custody any per.
son lawfully committed to such Jail
on an accusation Of a misdemeanor, or
lawfully committed to his custody on
such accusation, shall be punished by
a fine not exceeding five hundred dol.
lars
SEQ A If any private person sp
pointed with his own consent to exc
cute warrant of arrest issued by any
proper officer of the City of Waco,
shall be guilty of any one of the Of.
lenses heretofore enumerated in this
chapter, he shall be punished in the
same manner as an officer in like
case.
Sec .. If any person shall convey
or cause to be conveyed into the city
Jail of the City Of Waco any disguise,
instrument, arms, or any other thing
useful to aid any prisoner in escaping
with intent to facilitate the escape of
a prisoner lawfully detained in such
Jail, upon an accusation of misde-
, meanor,h shall be fined not exceeding
FIVE hundred dollars.
Sec. s, If any person shall will
fully aid any prisoner to escape from
the custody OF an officer, by whom he
is legally detained in custody on an
accusation of a misdemeanor, by doing
any act calculated to effect that OBJ
ject, he shall be punished by a fue
not exceeding five hundred dollars;
and if in aiding in the escape, he
make use of arms he shall be pun
ished by a fac not exceeding one
thousand dollars.
Sec Z. The otfenses enumerated in
Articles or Sections five and six are
complied without the actual escape Of
the prisoner; and person accused of
any of said offenses may be prosecuted
and tried, although the person. escap
ing be retaken, and although after
being retaken he is brought to trial
and acquitted.
Sec. 8 If any person in the City of
Waco shall willfully oppose or resist
an off Ger in executing or attempting
to execute any lawful warrant for the
arrest of another person, in case of
misdemeanor or in arresting or at.
tempting to arrest any person without
warrant where the law authorizes or
requires the arrest to be made without
warrant, he shall be punished by
fine Of not less than twenty FIVE nor
more than FIVE hundred dollars; and
if arms be used by a fine not less than
fifty nor moie than one thousand dol
lars.
SEQ. 8. If any person being called
on by the mayor, marshal, or police
officer, shall fail or refuse to aid such
officer 10 any matter in which by law
be may be rightfully called to aid or
assist in the execution of duty in
cumbent upon such mayor, marshal
or police officer, he shall DO punished
by fine not exceeding one hundred
dollars.
Sec. 10. If the party against whom
a legal warrant of arrest is directed in
misdemeanor case shall in the CITY
of Waco resist its execution when at
tempted by any person legally author.
lied to execute the same, he shall be
fined not exceeding FIVE hundred dol
lars. And if arms be used in making
the resistance, In such manner as
would make him liable for an assault
and battery or an aggravated assault
and battery, he shall receive the
highest penalty affixed by ordinance
for the cnmn1ircinn &c r.eL IT,.