§14-3-56. Commission of offense during incarceration - Confinement or bail.

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Any convict who commits any public offense during his confinement in the penitentiary must be confined therein like other convicts until his trial takes place, but after the expiration of his former term of confinement, if the subsequent offense is bailable, he may be discharged from confinement on giving sufficient bail for his appearance.

(Code 1852, §355; Code 1867, §3903; Code 1876, §4601; Code 1886, §4636; Code 1896, §4519; Code 1907, §6571; Code 1923, §3666; Code 1940, T. 45, §68.)

                    
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