The commission of public offenses may be prevented by proceedings:(1) For suppressing riots and resistance to lawful authority;(2) For requiring security to keep the peace or for good behavior; and(3) For arresting and confining insane, drunken, and disorderly persons.Crim. Code, § 9; C. & M. Dig., § 3323; Pope's Dig., § 4171; A.S.A. 1947, § 42-201.
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