19-204 PREVENTION OF OFFENSES BY OFFICERS OF JUSTICE.

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Idaho Code › Title 19 › Chapter 2 › Section 19-204

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19-204. Prevention of offenses by officers of justice. Public offenses may be prevented by the intervention of the officers of justice:

1. By requiring security to keep the peace.

2. By forming a police in cities and towns, and by requiring their attendance in exposed places.

3. By suppressing riots.

History:

[(19-204) Cr. Prac. 1864, sec. 17, p. 215; R.S., R.C., & C.L., sec. 7375; C.S., sec. 8628; I.C.A., sec. 19-204.]

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