TITLE 19

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

CHAPTER 2

PREVENTION OF PUBLIC OFFENSES

19-204.  Prevention of offenses by officers of justice. Public offenses may be prevented by the intervention of the officers of justice:

1.  By requiring security to keep the peace.

2.  By forming a police in cities and towns, and by requiring their attendance in exposed places.

3.  By suppressing riots.

History:

[(19-204) Cr. Prac. 1864, sec. 17, p. 215; R.S., R.C., & C.L., sec. 7375; C.S., sec. 8628; I.C.A., sec. 19-204.]