The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-09-30
AN ORDINANCE
Defining 0tenses Against Public

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Section Any officer OF the city I
of Waco, having the legal custody of
Il person accused or convicted of
misdemesnor who willtully permits
such person to escape or to he res.
cued shall be tined not exceeding Que
thousand dollars
sec. 2 Any officer of the City Of
" AGO having tho legal custody Of a
person accused or convicted of a mis-
demeanor, and who neglgently per
mite such person to escape or be res
cued shall be punished by a 6nc not
exceeding five hundred dollars
Sec 3 Any officer of the CITY of
Waco who williully refuses or fails
from neglect to execute any lawful
process in his hands, requiring the
arrest of a person accused of a misde
meanor, whereby tie accused escapes,
or who williully refuses to receive
into the city jail under his charge, or
to receive into bis custody any per
son lawfully committed to such jail
on an accusation of misdemeanor, or
lawfully committed 10 his custody on
such accusation, shall be punished by
fine not exceeding five hundred dol.
lars
Sec i If any private person ap
pointed with his own consent to exc
cute warrant Of arrest issued by any
proper officer OF the City of Waco,
siisll be guilty OF any one of the Of
lenses heretofore enumerated in this
chapter, he shall be puolshed in the
same manner as an officer in like
case
Sec 5. If any person shall convey
or cause to be conveyed into the city
Jail of tho 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 a INSIDE
meanor, he shall be fined not exceeding
five hundred dollars.
Sec. g. 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 fine
not exceeding five hundred dollars;
and if in aiding in the escape, he
make use of arms he shall be pun.
ished by fine not exceeding one
thousand dollars.
Sec Z. The otfenses enumers.ed in
Articles or Sections five and e. ar
the prisoner; and ~ 5>dal 's'''
any of said offenses oerso" ..ed
and tried, although tina escap.
ing be retaken, a : -gh after
being retaken he ught 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
mlsdemeanor 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 fine not less than
fifty nor mole than one thousand dol
lars.
Sec 8. II any person being called
on by the mayor, marshal, or police
officer, sheil fail or refuse 10 aid such
oihcer in any matter in which by law
he may be rightfullY called to aid or
assist in the execution of a duty in
cumbent upon such mayor, marshal
or police officer, he shall be punished
by fine not exceeding one hundred
dollars.
Sec. 10. If the party against whom
a leg al warrant of arrest is directed in
a 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 commission of such offense in
ordinary cases.
SEQ. IL. Accusation within the