221.250. Failure of sheriff to comply with section 221.240--penalty. - Missouri Statutes

Failure of sheriff to comply with section 221.240--penalty.

221.250. Any sheriff who fails or neglects to take aprisoner before the court as provided in section 221.240, shallbe deemed guilty of contempt of court and shall be committed tothe county jail and confined, without bail, until he shall complywith the statute. The court, in its discretion, may remove suchsheriff from office and render him incapable of holding orexecuting such office thereafter. The sheriff shall forfeit tothe prisoner or party aggrieved a sum not exceeding five hundreddollars, to be recovered by the prisoner or party aggrieved, hisexecutors or administrators, in a civil action founded upon thisstatute.

(RSMo 1939 §§ 9217, 9218, A. 1949 S.B. 1071)

Prior revisions: 1929 §§ 8548, 8549; 1919 §§ 12573, 12574; 1090 §§ 1595, 1596