S.C. Code § 22-5-140

Current through 2024 Act No. 225.

Section 22-5-140 - Arrests by magistrates to preserve the peace

Any magistrate shall command all persons who, in his view, may be engaged in riotous or disorderly conduct to the disturbance of the peace, to desist therefrom and shall arrest any such person who shall refuse obedience to his command and commit to jail any such person who shall fail to enter into sufficient recognizance either to keep the peace or to answer to an indictment, as the magistrate may determine.

1830 (11) 21; R. S. 25; G. S. 836; Cr. C. '02 Section 26; Cr. C. '12 Section 35; Cr. P. '22 Section 34; 1932 Code Section 938; 1942 Code Section 938; 1952 Code Section 43-214; 1962 Code Section 43-214.