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Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-56: Penalty for breaking jail

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  2. Title 57

If any person imprisoned pursuant to a sentence of imprisonment

in a county or city jail, or any person committed to a county or

city jail for the purpose of detaining him for trial, for any

misdemeanor or traffic offense, escapes therefrom, either while

actually confined therein or while permitted to be at large as a

trusty, he shall be punished by confinement in the county jail not

exceeding one (1) year, or by a fine not exceeding One Thousand

Dollars ($1,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment.

R.L. 1910, § 4594. Amended by Laws 1951, p. 160, § 1; Laws 1983, c.

47, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1983.

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