§ 750.483Neglecting or refusing to aid sheriff, coroner or constable; misdemeanor

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Sec. 483.
    Neglecting or refusing to aid sheriff, etc.—Any person who being required by any sheriff,
 deputy sheriff, coroner or constable, shall neglect or refuse to assist him in the execution of his
 office, in any criminal case or in the preservation of the peace, or the apprehending or securing
 of any person for a breach of the peace, or in any case of escape or rescue of persons arrested
 upon civil process, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

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