12-16-196
Section 12-16-196 District attorney and grand jury entitled to free access to county jail and
office of county treasurer and to examination of records and papers in county offices. The
district attorney and the grand jury shall be entitled to free access, at all proper hours,
to the county jail, to the office of the county treasurer and to examination, without charge,
of all records and other papers in any of the county offices connected in any way with their
duties. (Code 1852, §545; Code 1867, §4095; Code 1876, §4768; Code 1886, §4346; Code 1896,
§5032; Code 1907, §7293; Code 1923, §8675; Code 1940, T. 30, §82.)...
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17-17-40
Section 17-17-40 Selling votes. Any qualified elector at any election who takes or receives
any money or other valuable thing, upon the condition that the same shall be paid at any future
time, in exchange for the vote of such elector for any particular candidate, or the promise
to vote for any particular candidate, shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class C misdemeanor.
No witness shall be prosecuted for any offense under this section as to which he or she testified
before the grand jury. (Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §88.)...
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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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12-21-281
Section 12-21-281 Definitions. As used in this subdivision, the following words and phrases
shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(1) WITNESS. A person whose testimony is desired in any proceeding or investigation by a grand
jury or in a criminal action, prosecution or proceeding. (2) STATE. Any state or territory
of the United States and the District of Columbia. (3) SUMMONS. A subpoena, order or other
notice requiring the appearance of a witness. (Acts 1977, No. 638, p. 1084, §1.)...
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12-16-195
Section 12-16-195 Examination of books and papers of county superintendent of education by
district attorney and grand jury. It shall be the duty of the district attorney and the grand
jury at every session of the circuit court to examine the books and papers of the county superintendent
of education. (Code 1886, §4335; Code 1896, §5031; Code 1907, §7292; Code 1923, §8674;
Code 1940, T. 30, §81.)...
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15-8-28
Section 15-8-28 Name of defendant when unknown. The indictment must be certain as to the person
charged; but when his name is unknown to the grand jury, it may be so alleged without further
identification. (Code 1852, §563; Code 1867, §4113; Code 1876, §4786; Code 1886, §4376;
Code 1896, §4904; Code 1907, §7142; Code 1923, §4537; Code 1940, T. 15, §240.)...
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12-16-191
Section 12-16-191 Duty of grand juries as to condition of county jail, etc. It shall be the
duty of the grand jury to determine at least once annually the condition of the county jail
in regard to its sufficiency for the safekeeping of prisoners and their accommodation and
health and to inquire into the manner in which the same has been kept since the last determination.
The determination may include a personal inspection and a review of all inspection
records of the jail. If it shall be found that such jail is not constructed in the manner
prescribed by law and so strongly and securely built as to prevent the escape of prisoners
confined therein and properly ventilated, the grand jury shall, as often as may be necessary,
present its findings to the district attorney, sheriff and county commission for appropriate
action. (Code 1852, §§544, 772; Code 1867, §§906, 4094; Code 1876, §§825, 4767; Code
1886, §4341; Code 1896, §5026; Code 1907, §7287; Code 1923, §8669; Code 1940, T....
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12-16-192
Section 12-16-192 Examination of county treasury and bonds of county officers, inquiry into
indictable offenses committed or triable within county, etc. It shall be the duty of the grand
jury to examine into the condition of the county treasury and the bonds of all county officers
with regard to their correctness and sufficiency and to report upon the same, to inquire into
all indictable offenses committed or triable within the county, which, as they may be advised
by the court, are not barred by the lapse of time or some other cause, and to perform such
other duties as are or may be by law required of them. (Code 1852, §544; Code 1867, §4094;
Code 1876, §4767; Code 1886, §4342; Code 1896, §5027; Code 1907, §7288; Code 1923, §8670;
Code 1940, T. 30, §77.)...
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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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12-16-49
Section 12-16-49 Taxing of cost of summoning, etc., unqualified person on jury roll against
clerk or members of commission. Whenever it appears to the court that a person's name has
been placed upon a jury roll who did not, at the time he was enrolled, possess the qualifications
required by law, the court may, in its discretion, upon excusing the person from service,
tax the cost of summoning the person and his attendance and excusing him against the clerk
of the commission or against any one or more of the members. (Acts 1939, No. 59, p. 86; Code
1940, T. 30, §29.)...
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