General Prisons (Ireland) Act, 1877

Removal of prisoners for trial.

42. A prisoner may be brought up in cases of adjournments and remands, and for trial, and may be removed from any one prison to another to which such prisoner may be legally removed, for the purpose of being tried or undergoing his sentence, by or under the direction of the governor or keeper of such prison, or any member of the constabulary force, or of the Dublin metropolitan police, duly authorised by such governor or keeper, and no prisoner whilst in the custody of any such governor or keeper or any member of the constabulary or metropolitan police force duly authorised by such governor or keeper shall be deemed to have escaped, although he may be taken into different jurisdictions or different places of confinement.