O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 42-4-3 (2019)

When coroner to act as keeper of jail

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The county coroner shall be keeper of the jail when the sheriff is imprisoned or absent from the county leaving no deputy.

History

Orig. Code 1863, § 564; Code 1868, § 628; Code 1873, § 587; Code 1882, § 587; Penal Code 1895, § 1122; Penal Code 1910, § 1151; Code 1933, § 77-105.

Annotations

Cross references. Coroners generally, § 45-16-1 et seq.

RESEARCH REFERENCES C.J.S. 80 C.J.S., Sheriffs and Constables, §§ 31, 37.