Any officer refusing to deliver a copy of any legal process by which the officer retains a party in custody to a person who demands such copy, and tenders the fees therefor, forfeits two hundred dollars ($200) to the person so detained. Code 1858, § 3759; Shan., § 5539; Code 1932, § 9709; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-1839. Any officer refusing to deliver a copy of any legal process by which the officer retains a party in custody to a person who demands such copy, and tenders the fees therefor, forfeits two hundred dollars ($200) to the person so detained. Code 1858, § 3759; Shan., § 5539; Code 1932, § 9709; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-1839. Any officer refusing to deliver a copy of any legal process by which the officer retains a party in custody to a person who demands such copy, and tenders the fees therefor, forfeits two hundred dollars ($200) to the person so detained. Code 1858, § 3759; Shan., § 5539; Code 1932, § 9709; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-1839. Any officer refusing to deliver a copy of any legal process by which the officer retains a party in custody to a person who demands such copy, and tenders the fees therefor, forfeits two hundred dollars ($200) to the person so detained. Code 1858, § 3759; Shan., § 5539; Code 1932, § 9709; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-1839.
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