12-16-202
Section 12-16-202 Charging of grand jury. (a) The judges of the several courts in this state
in which grand juries are organized and empaneled shall give a special charge to the grand
jury relative to the criminal laws of this state against the following offenses: laws regulating
the ownership, registration and carrying of weapons, violations of election laws, the manufacturing
or selling of intoxicating liquors in violation of law, violating the game and fish laws or
violating the law prohibiting corporations from contributing to campaign funds. (b) It shall
likewise be the duty of the judges to charge the grand jury as to all other matters which
may be required by law and to instruct the grand juries that it is their duty to indict for
the above named offenses, if, in the opinion of the grand jury, the evidence justifies the
indictment. (Code 1907, §7286; Code 1923, §8668; Code 1940, T. 30, §75.)...
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31-8-29
Section 31-8-29 Grand jury investigations of county pension list; report. The county department
of human resources of each county shall, at least twice a year, submit a certified list of
the pensioners on the roll of its county, with the post-office address of each, to the judge
of the circuit court, who shall specifically charge the grand jury to investigate the pension
list for the purpose of ascertaining such as are not entitled to pensions. The list may be
purged of any names on the list who are not entitled to receive pensions, and the foreman
of such grand jury shall report through the county department of human resources to the State
Department of Human Resources the recommendation of the grand jury as to such names as from
their investigation are not entitled to the benefits of this chapter. Such names shall, on
order of the State Department of Human Resources, be stricken from the pension roll. (Acts
1919, No. 409, p. 535; Code 1923, §2967; Code 1940, T. 60, §40.)...
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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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12-16-171
Section 12-16-171 Grand jury foreman. The following oath shall be administered to the foreman
of the grand jury: "You, as foreman of the grand jury of _____ county, do solemnly swear
(or affirm as the case may be) that you will diligently inquire and true presentment make
of all indictable offenses given you in charge, as well as those brought to your knowledge,
committed or triable within the county; the state's counsel, your fellows' and your own you
shall keep secret; you shall present no person from envy, hatred or malice, nor leave any
one unpresented from fear, affection, reward or the hope thereof; but you shall present all
things truly as they come to your knowledge, to the best of your understanding. So help you
God." (Code 1852, §532; Code 1867, §4082; Code 1876, §4755; Code 1886, §4339; Code
1896, §5024; Code 1907, §7284; Code 1923, §8666; Code 1940, T. 30, §73.)...
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12-21-243
Section 12-21-243 Subpoena of witnesses - Grand jury appearance. It shall be the duty of the
clerk of the circuit court to issue subpoenas for any necessary witnesses to be and appear
before the grand jury without application having been made for such witnesses by the grand
jury. (Acts 1931, No. 574, p. 668; Code 1940, T. 15, §292.)...
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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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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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12-16-200
Section 12-16-200 Evidence which may be received by grand jury; examination, etc., of witnesses.
In the investigation of a charge for any indictable offense, the grand jury can receive no
other evidence than is given by witnesses before them or furnished by legal documentary evidence,
and any witness may be examined and compelled to testify as to any offense within his knowledge
without being specially interrogated as to any particular person, time or place. (Code 1852,
§553; Code 1867, §4103; Code 1876, §4776; Code 1886, §4350; Code 1896, §5036; Code 1907,
§7297; Code 1923, §8679; Code 1940, T. 30, §86.)...
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12-16-211
Section 12-16-211 Disclosure of testimony before grand jury by witness prior to arrest, etc.,
of person indicted. Any person who, having been a witness before the grand jury, discloses
the name of the person about whom he testified or any of the facts to which he testified before
the arrest of the person against whom he testified or before such person has given bail for
his appearance to answer the indictment or indictments found against him shall, on conviction,
be fined not less than $100.00 and may also be imprisoned in the county jail or sentenced
to hard labor for the county for not more than six months. (Code 1852, §37; Code 1867, §3578;
Code 1876, §4135; Code 1886, §3970; Code 1896, §5048; Code 1907, §7309; Code 1923, §8691;
Code 1940, T. 30, §96.)...
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9-11-21
Section 9-11-21 Investigation of hunting deaths by grand jury; reporting of such accidents.
(a) Any hunting accident involving a gun or bow and arrow when such accident results in death
and when such death is caused by one person against another, upon the recommendation of the
conservation department, shall be investigated by the grand jury of the county in which said
death occurs. (b) All accidents referred to in subsection (a) of this section shall be reported
by the law enforcement agency chiefly involved in the investigation of said death to the office
of the Director of the Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries of the Department of
Conservation and Natural Resources within 72 hours of said death, by the coroner and the sheriff's
department of the county in which the death occurred. (Acts 1987, No. 87-730, p. 1423, §§1,
2.)...
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