Any civil or military officer or member of the National Guard or any person lawfully aiding them in the performance of any duty required under the provisions of this chapter, indicted or sued for any injury to person or property in endeavoring to perform such duty, shall have the right, and upon motion of such person, it is hereby made the duty of the court in which such indictment or suit is pending or sued, to remove the trial of the indictment or suit to some county, free from exception, other than that in which the indictment was found or injury done.
Ala. Code § 31-2-118 (1975)