[Adopted 9-1-1972 as Ch. 19, Secs. 19-3 and 19-4, of the 1972 Code]
It shall be unlawful for any person confined in the City jail or other place of confinement by the City, or working upon the streets or other public places of the City in pursuance of any judgment, or otherwise held in legal custody by authority of the City, to escape or attempt to escape from any such jail, prison or custody.
It shall be unlawful for any person, in any illegal manner, to set at liberty, rescue or attempt to set at liberty or rescue any prisoner from any officer or employee of the City having legal custody of such prisoner or from the City jail or other place of confinement by the City, or to assist such prisoner in any manner to escape from such prison or custody.