Conveyance of Offenders (Ireland) Act, 1819

Sheriffs, &c. in Ireland may convey offenders through adjoining counties.

3. It shall and may be lawful for any sheriff in Ireland, and for any person or persons deputed by him or acting under his authority, and for any constable or other peace officer in Ireland, or any other person or persons lawfully taken into or having in his or their custody respectively any person or persons offending against law, and whom he or they may or might lawfully convey to gaol or any place of safe custody, to convey or take the said person or persons so in custody as aforesaid into and through any part or parts of the said county or counties so adjoining, in their way to such gaol or place of safe custody with within the county wherein such offence was done or committed; and all and every person or persons escaping from such custody as aforesaid, or aiding or assisting such escape or escapes, or rescuing such person or persons so in custody as aforesaid, shall be subject to the like pains and penalties for such escape or escapes, and for such aid and assistance so given as aforesaid, and for such rescue and rescues, as if the said escape or escapes had happened, or such aid and assistance had been given, or such rescue or rescues had been made in the county wherein such offence was done or committed.