40-10-107 - Bond of witnesses.

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 of the term.

[Code 1858, § 5067; Shan., § 7026; Code 1932, § 11566; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 40-1122.]