City of Jonesboro - File #: ORD-1892:004

• File #: ORD-1892:004
• Version: 1
• Name: Declaring false imprisonment unlawful and setting fines
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 6/21/1892
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 6/21/1892
• Title: ORDINANCE DECLARING FALSE IMPRISONMENT TO BE UNLAWFUL AND SETTING FINES
• Indexes: Other

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ORDINANCE DECLARING FALSE IMPRISONMENT TO BE UNLAWFUL AND SETTING FINES

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False imprisonment is the unlawful violation of the personal liberty of another, and consists in confinement or detention without sufficient legal authority.

Any person convicted of false imprisonment shall be fined in any sum not less than One Hundred Dollars nor exceeding Five Hundred Dollars, and there may be added thereto imprisonment not exceeding one year.

Passed and approved this 21st day of June, 1892.