§ 40-10-106. Reports on Elections to Perform Hard Labor
It is the duty of such magistrate to render to the grand jury of the county on the first day of each jury session of the court, a statement in writing and under oath, of the name of each defendant charged with a misdemeanor committed to the county jail by the magistrate, the date of […]
§ 40-10-107. Bond of Witnesses
On holding the defendant to answer, the magistrate shall take from each material witness examined by the magistrate on the part of the state a written undertaking, in the sum of two hundred fifty dollars ($250), to appear and testify, at the court at which the defendant is required to answer, on the second day […]
§ 40-10-108. Form of Bond
The undertaking entered into pursuant to § 40-10-107 may be in substance as follows: State of Tennessee, County of We, A. B., C. D., and E. F., witnesses against G. H., charged with a public offense, do each bind ourselves to appear at the next term of the (circuit) court of County, on the second […]
§ 40-10-109. Increase of Bond — Surety
Whenever the magistrate has good cause to believe that a witness for the prosecution will not appear to testify, the magistrate may require the witness to enter into a similar undertaking in a larger sum and with sufficient security. Code 1858, § 5069; Shan., § 7028; Code 1932, § 11568; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 40-1124.