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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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12-16-207
Section 12-16-207 Grand juror not to participate, etc., in deliberations as to offenses committed
against his person or property, etc.; supplying of deficiency in number of grand jurors resulting
therefrom. (a) A grand juror must not be present at or take any part in the deliberations
of his fellow jurors respecting any public offense with which he is charged or which was committed
against his person or property or when he is a prosecutor or when he is connected by blood
or marriage with the person charged. (b) If, by reason of the provisions of subsection (a)
of this section, the number of grand jurors is reduced below 13 in the investigation of any
matter, the court must supply the deficiency from the qualified jurors of the county, and
the persons so placed on the grand jury must serve only during such investigation. (Code 1852,
§§548, 549; Code 1867, §§4098,4099; Code 1876, §§4771, 4772; Code 1886, §§4357, 4358;
Code 1896, §§5043, 5044; Code 1907, §§7304, 7305; Code...
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15-11-14
Section 15-11-14 Failure or refusal of witness to enter undertaking; discharge of witness upon
entering into undertaking. (a) Any witness required under this chapter to enter into an undertaking,
with or without surety, may be committed to jail on failure or refusal to do so. (b) In cases
arising under subsection (a) of this section, the court must state in the commitment the amount
of the undertaking and whether surety is required; and the witness must be discharged by the
sheriff on entering into the undertaking as required. (Code 1852, §§471, 472; Code 1867,
§§4020, 4021; Code 1876, §§4690, 4691; Code 1886, §§4296, 4297; Code 1896, §§5245,
5246; Code 1907, §§7613, 7614; Code 1923, §§5246, 5247; Code 1940, T. 15, §§149, 150.)...
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43-8-192
Section 43-8-192 Drawing and summoning of jurors; penalty for default. (a) The jury for the
trial of such contest must be drawn and summoned as provided by law. (b) Any person summoned
as a juror who shall, without legal cause or good excuse, fail to attend at the time and place
required, shall be guilty of a contempt of court and may be punished by the court by a fine
of not exceeding $100.00. (Code 1852, §§1637-1639; Code 1867, §§1956-1958; Code 1876,
§§2320-2322; Code 1886, §§1991, 1992; Code 1896, §§4289, 4290; Code 1907, §§6198,
6199; Acts 1909, No. 227, p. 305; Code 1923, §§10627, 10628; Code 1940, T. 61, §§54, 55;
Code 1975, §43-1-72.)...
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12-21-135.1
Section 12-21-135.1 Video testimony by certain witnesses. (a) This section shall be known as
the "Alabama Armed Services Accommodation Act." (b) The Legislature finds it to
be an important matter of public policy that an accommodation be made for military members
who are asked to testify in civil or criminal trials in this state but are unable to attend
in person. The purpose of this section is to ease the burdens on military personnel and their
families brought on by the duty of appearing as a witness in a trial in this state when summoned.
The purpose of this section is also to allow members of the armed services to assist in trials
in this state as witnesses without interrupting their military service, while protecting the
rights of all parties in civil or criminal litigation. The purpose of this section is also
to better enable the fact-finder to obtain crucial evidence and will aid in the expeditious
resolution of cases in this state by providing a procedure in which testimony of...
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2-8-103
Section 2-8-103 Penalty; inspection of books and records; injunctions. (a) Any dealer, handler,
processor or other purchaser of soybeans who willfully fails or refuses to deduct and pay
to the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries any assessment required to be so deducted
and remitted to the commissioner or who fails or refuses to obtain a permit authorizing the
purchase of soybeans in Alabama shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall
be fined not less than $25.00 nor more than $500.00 and, in the discretion of the court, may
also be imprisoned for a term not to exceed six months. Any purchaser of soybeans who fails
or refuses to allow the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries or his authorized agents
and employees to inspect and review his books and records which disclose his purchases of
soybeans for the purpose of ascertaining the accuracy of amounts deducted and remitted as
required under this article shall also be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon...
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2-8-211
Section 2-8-211 Penalty; inspection of books and records; injunctions. (a) Any ginner of cotton
who willfully fails or refuses to collect and pay to the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries
any assessment required by this article to be so collected and remitted to the commissioner
shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor. Any ginner of cotton who fails or refuses to allow
the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries or his authorized agents and employees to inspect
and review his books and records which disclose the bales of cotton he ginned for the purpose
of ascertaining accuracy of amounts of assessments collected and remitted as required under
this article shall also be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor. (b) In addition to the above penalty
and notwithstanding the existence of an adequate remedy, the circuit court or any judge thereof,
shall have jurisdiction for cause shown to grant a temporary or permanent injunction, or both,
restraining and enjoining any person from...
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2-8-252
Section 2-8-252 Penalty for failure to deduct and pay over assessment, obtain permit, etc.;
injunctive relief authorized. (a) Any dealer, handler, processor, or other purchaser of wheat,
corn, grain sorghum, and oats who willfully fails or refuses to deduct and pay to the Commissioner
of Agriculture and Industries any assessment required to be so deducted and remitted to the
commissioner or who fails or refuses to obtain a permit authorizing the purchase of wheat,
corn, grain sorghum, and oats in Alabama shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction
shall be fined not less than $25.00 nor more than $500.00 and within the discretion of the
court, may also be imprisoned for a term not to exceed six months. Any purchaser of wheat,
corn, grain sorghum, and oats who fails or refuses to allow the Commissioner of Agriculture
and Industries or his authorized agents and employees to inspect and review his books and
records which disclose his purchases of wheat, corn, grain sorghum, and...
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6-6-9
Section 6-6-9 Subpoena of witnesses - Liability on default. Any witness duly summoned who fails
to attend without sufficient excuse may be fined $10 for the use of the county, for the collection
of which the arbitrators must issue execution; and such defaulting witness is also liable
to the party summoning him for any injury sustained by the loss of his testimony, to be recovered
before any court having jurisdiction. (Code 1852, §2720; Code 1867, §3159; Code 1876, §3546;
Code 1886, §3231; Code 1896, §518; Code 1907, §2918; Code 1923, §6166; Code 1940, T. 7,
§839.)...
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9-17-8
Section 9-17-8 Oil and Gas Board - Powers as to witnesses; enforcement of subpoenas issued
by board. (a) The board or any member thereof is hereby empowered to issue subpoenas for witnesses,
to require their attendance and the giving of testimony before it and to require the production
of such books, papers and records in any proceeding before the board as may be material upon
questions lawfully before the board. Such subpoenas shall be served by the sheriff or any
other officer authorized by law to serve process in this state. No person shall be excused
from attending and testifying or from producing books, papers and records before the board
or a court or from obedience to the subpoena of the board or a court on the ground or for
the reason that the testimony or evidence, documentary or otherwise, required of him may tend
to incriminate him or subject him to a penalty or forfeiture; provided, that nothing contained
in this section shall be construed as requiring any person to produce...
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