12-16-197
Section 12-16-197 Issuance of subpoenas for witnesses for grand jury generally; proceedings
upon failure of witnesses summoned to attend. The district attorney, the foreman of the grand
jury or the clerk of the court, on the application of the grand jury, must issue subpoenas
for any witnesses whom they may require to give evidence before them, and if witnesses so
summoned fail to attend, the subpoenas must be returned to the court, with the default thereon
endorsed, signed by the foreman, and the same proceedings may thereupon be had against them
as against defaulting witnesses, the endorsement of the foreman being presumptive evidence
of the default. (Code 1852, §551; Code 1867, §4101; Code 1876, §4774; Code 1886, §4347;
Code 1896, §5033; Code 1907, §7294; Code 1923, §8676; Code 1940, T. 30, §83.)...
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12-16-199
Section 12-16-199 Administration of oath to witnesses; preparation by foreman and disposition
of book and list of witnesses summoned before and attending grand jury; issuance of certificates
to witnesses by foreman. Witnesses before the grand jury may be sworn by the district attorney
or foreman. A list of all witnesses summoned and in attendance before such jury during each
session shall be kept by the foreman, and he shall give to each of such witnesses a certificate,
stating the number of the case in which such witness attended, the number of days of his actual
attendance, the number of miles traveled by him and the amount due him, and each of such items
the foreman shall enter in a book kept for that purpose, and such book and list, certified
by the foreman to be correct, must be by him returned into the court and by the clerk filed
and kept as a part of the records of such court. (Code 1852, §550; Code 1867, §4100; Code
1876, §4773; Code 1886, §4349; Code 1896, §5035; Code...
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12-16-212
Section 12-16-212 Examination of witnesses before grand jury in gaming and lottery cases. Witnesses
before the grand jury, summoned to give evidence of any violation of the laws against gaming
or lotteries, may be required to answer generally as to any such offense, within their knowledge,
committed within the 12 months next preceding, without being first specially interrogated
as to any particular offense; but no witness must be prosecuted for any offense as to which
he testified before the grand jury, and any member of the grand jury may be a witness to prove
that fact. (Code 1852, §86; Code 1867, §3628; Code 1876, §4216; Code 1886, §4065; Code
1896, §4805; Code 1907, §6994; Code 1923, §4244; Code 1940, T. 14, §272; Code 1975, §13-7-29.)...

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37-8-4
Section 37-8-4 Requiring witnesses to testify before grand jury. Witnesses before the grand
jury, summoned to give evidence of any violation of this title, may be required to answer
generally as to any such offense within their knowledge committed within 12 months next preceding,
without being specially interrogated as to any particular offense, but no witness shall be
prosecuted for any offense as to which he testifies before the grand jury, and any member
of the grand jury or district attorney may be a witness to prove this fact. (Code 1907, §7693;
Code 1923, §5374; Code 1940, T. 48, §425.)...
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15-4-4
Section 15-4-4 Service of subpoenas; proceedings against defaulting witnesses; endorsement
as presumptive evidence of default. (a) In an inquest under this chapter, the sheriff or any
constable must serve subpoenas for witnesses or they may be served by the coroner. (b) If
any witness, being subpoenaed, fails to attend, the coroner must endorse on the subpoena his
default, sign his name thereto and return the same to the clerk of the circuit court of the
county within five days thereafter, and such witness must be proceeded against in such court,
in the name of the state, as if he were a defaulter therein, the endorsement of the coroner
being presumptive evidence of the default. (Code 1852, §815; Code 1867, §4366; Code 1876,
§3994; Code 1886, §4804; Code 1896, §4927; Code 1907, §7165; Code 1923, §4560; Code 1940,
T. 15, §79.)...
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28-4-317
Section 28-4-317 Grand jury proceedings generally - Offenses as to which witnesses may be required
to testify; initial interrogation of witnesses to particular offense not required. The witnesses
before the grand jury to give evidence may be required to answer generally as to any offense
against the laws of Alabama for the promotion of temperance and the suppression of intemperance
committed within their knowledge during the 12 months next preceding or as to any violation
within said time of any law of the state prohibiting the manufacture, sale or other disposition
of any of said prohibited liquors or beverages or the maintaining of any unlawful drinking
place or liquor nuisance, and it shall not be necessary to first specially interrogate the
witnesses to any particular offenses. (Acts 1909, No. 191, p. 63; Code 1923, §4634; Code
1940, T. 29, §110.)...
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12-16-198
Section 12-16-198 Issuance of subpoenas for witnesses by district attorneys. District attorneys
shall have authority, and it shall be their duty, to issue a subpoena for any person whom
they may desire to appear before the grand jury to give evidence of any violation of the law.
(Code 1852, §85; Code 1867, §3627; Code 1876, §4215; Code 1886, §4348; Code 1896, §5034;
Code 1907, §7295; Code 1923, §8677; Code 1940, T. 30, §84.)...
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12-17-275
Section 12-17-275 Duties. The official court reporter shall attend in person, except as otherwise
herein provided, the sessions of court held in the circuit for which he is appointed, and
in every case, where directed by the judge or requested by a party thereto, he shall take
full stenographic notes of the oral testimony and proceedings, except argument of counsel,
and note the order in which all documentary evidence is introduced, all objections of counsel,
the rulings of the court thereon and exceptions taken or reserved thereto. When directed by
the judge, he shall attend the investigations of the grand jury and there take such notes
of the testimony as directed by the district attorney or foreman. The original stenographic
notes of such court reporter in each case or proceeding officially reported shall be preserved
by him and treated as a part of the records of the respective courts, and upon his retirement
from office, shall be turned over to the clerks of such courts. In cases...
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41-4-36
Section 41-4-36 Inspection and production of books, records, accounts, etc.; examination of
witnesses. The Director of Finance and any authorized officer or employee of the Department
of Finance shall, in the performance of his official duties, for the purpose of examination,
have access to, and the right to copy from, any book, record, account, document, receipt or
paper of any of the departments, boards, bureaus, commissions, agencies, offices or institutions
of the state or of any of the counties, municipal corporations, political subdivisions or
public bodies in the state or of the officers or employees thereof, in such manner as may
be reasonable and at reasonable times. The Director of Finance or any officer or employee
of the Department of Finance designated by the director, in the performance of his official
duties, shall have the power to administer oaths, certify to official acts, take and cause
to be taken depositions of witnesses, issue subpoenas, compel the attendance of...
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12-17-184
Section 12-17-184 Powers and duties generally. It is the duty of every district attorney and
assistant district attorney, within the circuit, county, or other territory for which he or
she is elected or appointed: (1) To attend on the grand juries, advise them in relation to
matters of law, and examine and swear witnesses before them. (2) To draw up all indictments
and to prosecute all indictable offenses. (3) To prosecute and defend any civil action in
the circuit court in the prosecution or defense of which the state is interested. (4) To inquire
whether registers have performed the duty required of them by Section 12-17-117 and shall,
in every case of failure, move against the register as provided by subsection (b) of Section
12-17-114. (5) If a criminal prosecution is removed from a court of his or her circuit, county,
or division of a county to a court of the United States, to appear in that court and represent
the state; and, if it is impracticable, consistent with his or her...
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