Section 15-9-43
Arrest without warrant – When accused to be admitted to bail; conditions of bail.
Unless the offense with which the prisoner is charged is shown to be an offense punishable by death or life imprisonment under the laws of the state in which it was committed, the district or circuit court judge must admit the person arrested to bail by bond or undertaking, with sufficient sureties and in such sum as he deems proper, for his appearance before him at a time specified in such bond or undertaking, and for his surrender, to be arrested upon the warrant of the Governor of this state.
(Acts 1931, No. 482, p. 559; Code 1940, T. 15, §63.)