Officers and others who make arrests as authorized or required by law, shall not be liable on account thereof, civilly or criminally, notwithstanding it may appear that the party arrested was innocent of any offense.Codes, 1857, ch. 64, art. 280; 1871, § 2780; 1880, § 3030; 1892, § 1379; 1906, § 1451; Hemingway's 1917, § 1208; 1930, § 1231; 1942, § 2474.
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