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Gaoler

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GAOLER. The keeper of a gaol or prison, one who has the legal custody of the place where prisoners are kept.
     2. It is his duty to keep the prisoners in safe custody, and for this, purpose he may use all necessary force. 1 Hale, P. C. 601. But any oppression of a prisoner under a pretended necessity will be punished; for the prisoner, whether he be a debtor or a criminal, is entitled to the protection of the laws from oppression.
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