§ 11-43-10 - Arrest and commitment of persons charged. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 11-43-10

   § 11-43-10  Arrest and commitment ofpersons charged. – Whenever any person shall be adjudged to be probably guilty of any offenseunder this chapter, he or she may be committed to the adult correctionalinstitutions in any county, there to remain until discharged by order of law,and warrant of commitment shall issue accordingly, directed to the sheriff orthe sheriff 's deputy or to either of the city or town sergeants or constablesin the same county with himself or herself, and to the warden of the adultcorrectional institutions, which warrant may be executed by the officer chargedwith it, although beyond his or her precinct, and shall constitute him or her,while charged with it, an officer, the obstructing of whom, while in theexecution of this office, shall be punished as is or may be by law in othercases provided.