TITLE 19

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

CHAPTER 6

ARREST, BY WHOM AND HOW MADE

19-619.  Breaking doors and windows for recapture. To retake the person escaping or rescued, the person pursuing may break open an outer or inner door or window of a dwelling-house, if, after notice of his intention, he is refused admittance.

History:

[(19-619) Cr. Prac. 1864, sec. 142, p. 230; R.S., R.C., & C.L., sec. 7560; C.S., sec. 8742; I.C.A., sec. 19-619.]