12-21-245
Section 12-21-245 Subpoena of witnesses - Authority of district attorney. The district attorney
also has authority to issue subpoenas for witnesses on the part of the state, to appear either
before the grand jury or before any court in his circuit. (Code 1852, §664; Code 1867, §4216;
Code 1876, §4921; Code 1886, §4459; Code 1896, §5283; Code 1907, §7880; Code 1923, §5618;
Code 1940, T. 15, §293.)...
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28-4-319
Section 28-4-319 Grand jury proceedings generally - Duty of grand jury to present indictments
for violations of laws. Grand juries shall have no discretion as to the finding of indictments
for violations of the provisions of this chapter or for violations of the provisions of any
law of the state for the promotion of temperance and the suppression of intemperance, and
it shall be their duty, if the evidence justifies it, to find and present indictments for
every such violation. (Acts 1909, No. 191, p. 63; Acts 1915, No. 2, p. 8; Code 1923, §4637;
Code 1940, T. 29, §112.)...
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12-22-111
Section 12-22-111 Issuance, execution and return of subpoenas for witnesses; liability of witnesses
failing to appear. In cases of appeal, the clerk of the court shall issue subpoenas for such
witnesses as may be required, both for the state and for the accused, returnable to the next
session of the court to which the appeal is taken, which subpoenas shall be executed by the
sheriff and returned to such circuit court. If witnesses so summoned fail to appear and testify
as required, they shall be liable to the same penalties, forfeitures and proceedings as if
the subpoenas had been issued out of the circuit court. (Code 1852, §506; Code 1867, §4056;
Code 1876, §4726; Code 1886, §4228; Code 1896, §4624; Code 1907, §6727; Code 1923, §3840;
Code 1940, T. 15, §360.)...
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36-15-13
Section 36-15-13 Attorney General may appear before grand juries. The Attorney General, either
in person or by assistant, may appear before any grand jury in this state and present any
matter or charge to them for investigation, and prepare and present to the grand jury indictments
for any violation of the laws of this state and issue subpoenas for witnesses to appear in
the same manner and to the same extent as district attorneys may now or hereafter do. (Acts
1915, No. 655, p. 719, § 1; Code 1923, §858; Code 1940, T. 55, §234.)...

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12-21-282
Section 12-21-282 Procedure for securing attendance of witness within state at criminal proceeding,
etc.; in another state; fees and allowances; effect of failure of summoned witness to attend
and testify. (a) If a judge in a court of record in any state which, by its laws, has made
provision for commanding persons within that state to attend and testify in this state certifies
under seal of such court that there is a criminal proceeding pending in such court or that
a grand jury investigation has commenced or is about to commence, that a person being within
this state is a material witness in such proceedings or grand jury investigation and that
his presence will be required for a specified number of days, upon presentation of such certificate
to any judge of a court of record in the county in which such person resides or the county
in which such person is found if he is not a resident of this state, such judge shall fix
a time and place for a hearing, and shall make an order...
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15-2-25
Section 15-2-25 Duty of clerk of court to forward case materials. When an order for the removal
of a trial is made, the clerk of court must make out a transcript of all the entries, orders
and proceedings in the case, including the organization of the grand jury, the indictment,
the endorsements thereon, all the entries relating thereto, the undertakings or recognizances
of the defendant, all the orders and judgments thereon and the order for the removal of the
trial. He must attach his certificate thereto and forward the package under seal by a special
messenger, by express, by registered or certified mail or deliver it in person to the clerk
of the court to which the trial is ordered to be removed. He must also enclose in the package
and forward or deliver in the same manner the original subpoenas in the case. (Code 1852,
§657; Code 1867, §4209; Code 1876, §4914; Code 1886, §4488; Code 1896, §5312; Code 1907,
§7854; Code 1923, §5583; Code 1940, T. 15, §271.)...
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13A-12-57
Section 13A-12-57 Trial; defendant bound over. The court shall thereupon proceed to hear the
evidence in the case, and, if probable cause is shown for believing said parties or any of
them to be guilty, he shall bind them over under proper bond to await the action of the grand
jury in accordance with the laws of the state as prescribed in preliminary examinations before
courts authorized by law to conduct preliminary examinations, and all rules of procedure applicable
to such preliminary examinations shall be likewise applicable to proceedings under this division.
(Acts 1909, No. 193, p. 183; Code 1923, §4289; Code 1940, T. 14, §301; Code 1975, §13-7-98.)...

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15-21-32
Section 15-21-32 Proceedings against defaulting witnesses. If any witness duly subpoenaed under
the provisions of this chapter fails to attend as required, the judge before whom the writ
of habeas corpus is returnable must endorse such failure on the back of the subpoena and deliver
it to the clerk of the circuit court of the county in which the examination is had; and the
same proceedings must be had thereon as against defaulting witnesses in that court, the endorsement
being presumptive evidence of such default. (Code 1852, §743; Code 1867, §4294; Code 1876,
§4970; Code 1886, §4793; Code 1896, §4846; Code 1907, §7041; Code 1923, §4340; Code 1940,
T. 15, §36.)...
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12-1-8
Section 12-1-8 Cases in which courts may issue attachments and inflict summary punishment for
contempt. The powers of the several courts in this state to issue attachments and inflict
summary punishment for contempts shall not extend to any other cases than: (1) Disrespectful,
contemptuous or insolent behavior in court, tending in any way to diminish or impair the respect
due to judicial tribunals or to interrupt the due course of trial; (2) A breach of the peace,
boisterous conduct, violent disturbance or any other act calculated to disturb or obstruct
the administration of justice, committed in the presence of the court or so near thereto as
to have that effect; (3) The misbehavior of any officer of the court in his official transactions
or the disobedience or resistance of any officer of the court, party, juror, witness or any
other person to any lawful writ, process, order, rule, decree or command thereof; (4) Deceit
or the abuse of the process of the proceedings of the court by...
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45-34-80.20
Section 45-34-80.20 Summons; service. (a) Notices of the requirement of the attendance of jury
service in the Circuit Court of Henry County may be served by first class mail or may be served
as provided by the Alabama Rules of Civil Procedure and this code. If, in the discretion of
the sheriff, the service is made by first class mail, such service shall be made as follows.
It shall be the duty of the sheriff to enclose the summons in an envelope addressed to the
person to be served and place all necessary postage and a return address thereon with notice
to the postal authorities not to forward outside of the county. In the event the jury summons
is returned to the sheriff by the post office of the United States without delivery, the summons
shall be made by the sheriff returned NOT FOUND. All jury summons not returned by the post
office shall be considered for all purposes as sufficient personal and legal service. The
provisions of this subsection in reference to service by mail,...
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