§5537. Transfer of prisoner with intent to elude service; penalty
A person ordered to be committed to prison on a criminal charge shall be carried to such prison as soon as may be and shall not be delivered from one officer to another except for easy and speedy conveyance; nor removed without his consent from one county to another unless by habeas corpus. If anyone having in his custody or under his power a person entitled to a writ of habeas corpus, whether issued or not, transfers him to the custody of another or changes his place of confinement with intent to elude the service of such writ, he forfeits $400 to the party aggrieved.
Structure Maine Revised Statutes
TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL
14 §5502. Post-conviction habeas corpus (REPEALED)
14 §5503. Jurisdiction; commencement of proceedings; petition; amendments (REPEALED)
14 §5504. Contents of petition (REPEALED)
14 §5505. Further pleadings and procedure (REPEALED)
14 §5506. Counsel for indigent petitioners (REPEALED)
14 §5507. Waiver of grounds not claimed; effect of prior petition of coram nobis or error (REPEALED)
14 §5508. Review of final judgment; release pending appeal (REPEALED)
14 §5509. Minors in armed forces entitled to writ
14 §5510. Parent or guardian of minor may have writ
14 §5511. Application for writ on behalf of another
14 §5514. Where writ returnable; entry of judgment
14 §5515. Application; denial of writ
14 §5517. Refusal of copy of precept; writ granted
14 §5519. Time of service, return and tender of fees
14 §5520. Production of body of restrained person; sickness
14 §5521. Examination of causes of restraint
14 §5522. Notice to interested persons before discharge
14 §5523. Proceedings in court
14 §5524. Detention for bailable offense; admission to bail (REPEALED)
14 §5525. Form of writ if restraint not by officer
14 §5526. Issuance and service of writ
14 §5527. Designation of unknown person; restraining person
14 §5528. -- restrained person
14 §5530. Verification of returns
14 §5532. Neglect of officer to deliver copy of precept
14 §5533. Failure to serve writ; contempt
14 §5534. Attachment against sheriff; service
14 §5535. Refusal to obey writ
14 §5536. No rearrest after discharge
14 §5537. Transfer of prisoner with intent to elude service; penalty
14 §5538. Penalty no bar to action
14 §5539. Third person may appear by stipulating for costs
14 §5540. Bail; exceptions (REPEALED)
14 §5541. Bail commissioners appointed by the court (REPEALED)
14 §5542. Bail for persons committed for not finding sureties (REPEALED)
14 §5543. Surety bonds authorized in criminal cases
14 §5544. Admission to bail before commitment; on Lord's Day (REPEALED)
14 §5545. Habeas corpus for prisoner as witness
14 §5546. Habeas corpus for mentally ill person
14 §5547. Orders to ensure the integrity of the judicial process (REPEALED)