Inmates sentenced to the penitentiary for life, or any term of time, by any court of this state or of the United States held within this state, shall be received into the penitentiary by the warden of the penitentiary, when delivered upon proper authority, and there kept in pursuance of the sentence.
Code 1858, § 5494 (deriv. Acts 1829, ch. 38, § 28); Shan., § 7514; Code 1932, § 12110; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 41-202.
Structure 2021 Tennessee Code
Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates
§ 41-21-101. Escort Furnished by Commissioner
§ 41-21-102. Persons Sentenced to Imprisonment
§ 41-21-103. Reception on Commutation of Sentence
§ 41-21-104. Delivery of Copy of Sentence
§ 41-21-106. Report of Confinement of First Offenders
§ 41-21-107. Information Recorded on Reception