State v. Clements

The appellee, a constable, was prosecuted by affidavit for the violation of chapter 94, Acts 1939, p. 503, being secs. 9-701a and 9-701b Burns’ Ind. St. 1933 (Pocket Supp.), §§11199-1, 11199-2 Baldwin’s Supp. 1939. The title of this chapter is: “An act limiting the authority of constables to make arrests in certain cases, and providing penalties thereof, repealing all laws in conflict therewith, and declaring an emergency.” The act provides that “no constable shall have authority as such constable to make an arrest and detain any person or persons for any violation of any law or laws…