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36-11-21
Section 36-11-21 Fees and compensation of witnesses generally; statement to be filed by examiner
as to fees and compensation to which witnesses entitled; payment of fees and compensation
of state witnesses before Supreme Court when proceedings instituted on information of Attorney
General. Witnesses in impeachment cases are entitled to the same fees and compensation as
witnesses in civil cases in the circuit court, to be certified in the same manner and taxed
and collected as costs. The examiner must file with his return a statement showing the names
of witnesses examined by each party and the fees and compensation to which they are entitled.
When the proceeding is upon the information of the Attorney General, the fees of witnesses
on the part of the state attending before the Supreme Court must be paid out of the treasury
on warrant of the Comptroller, drawn upon the certificate of the clerk showing the fees and
compensation to which the witness is entitled and the approval of the...
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12-21-283
Section 12-21-283 Procedure for securing attendance of witness in another state at criminal
proceedings, etc., within state; fees and allowances; effect of failure of summoned witness
to attend and testify. (a) If a person in any state which, by its laws, has made provision
for commanding persons within its borders to attend and testify in criminal proceedings or
grand jury investigations commenced or about to be commenced in this state is a material witness
in a criminal proceeding pending in a court of record in this state or in a grand jury investigation
which has commenced or is about to commence, a judge of such court may issue a certificate
under the seal of the court stating these facts and specifying the number of days the witness
will be required. Said certificate may include a recommendation that the witness be taken
into immediate custody and delivered to an officer of this state to assure his attendance
in this state. This certificate shall be presented to a judge of a...
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15-4-5
Section 15-4-5 Refusal of witness to answer questions. In an inquest under this chapter, any
witness who refuses to answer any question in relation to the cause of death, except on the
ground that it may criminate himself, is guilty of a misdemeanor and must be committed to
jail by the coroner, unless he gives bail in the sum of $500.00 to appear at the circuit court
and answer such offense, and, on conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than $200.00
nor more than $500.00, and may be imprisoned not exceeding three months. (Code 1852, §816;
Code 1867, §4367; Code 1876, §3995; Code 1886, §4805; Code 1896, §4928; Code 1907, §7166;
Code 1923, §4561; Code 1940, T. 15, §80.)...
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15-5-4
Section 15-5-4 Examination of complainant and witnesses; contents of depositions. Before issuing
a search warrant, a judge, or magistrate authorized by law to issue search warrants, must
examine on oath the complainant and any witness he may produce, take their depositions in
writing and cause them to be subscribed by the persons making them. Such depositions must
set forth facts tending to establish the grounds of the application or probable cause for
believing that they exist. (Code 1852, §§828, 829; Code 1867, §§4379, 4380; Code 1876,
§§4008, 4009; Code 1886, §4730; Code 1896, §5487; Code 1907, §7760; Code 1923, §5474;
Code 1940, T. 15, §103.)...
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43-8-191
Section 43-8-191 Time for trial; continuance; summoning witnesses. Upon the institution of
such contest, a day must be appointed for the trial thereof, and the trial may, on good cause
shown by either party, be continued to any other day; and the judge of probate must, on application
of either party, issue subpoenas for witnesses to appear on the day fixed for such trial,
and may resummon them to any day to which the same may be continued. (Code 1852, §§1635,
1636, 1640; Code 1867, §§1934, 1955, 1959; Code 1876, §§2318, 2323; Code 1886, §1990;
Code 1896, §4288; Code 1907, §6197; Code 1923, §10626; Code 1940, T. 61, §52; Code 1975,
§43-1-71.)...
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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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12-21-282
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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28-4-25
Section 28-4-25 Allowance of reward to sheriff or other person furnishing evidence to support
conviction for violation of Section 28-4-24. Whenever any person is convicted in the circuit
court under Section 28-4-24 of unlawfully distilling or manufacturing or making any of the
prohibited liquors or beverages as defined in this chapter, there shall be charged to the
Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board to be paid by them the sum of $50.00 out of the funds
used by the board for the purchase of alcoholic beverages to be allowed the sheriff or other
officer or person who furnished the evidence and brought about the conviction. Said sheriff
or other officer or person must satisfy the presiding judge that he is the person entitled
to said sum and shall receive from the judge a certificate to that effect. (Acts 1919, No.
7, p. 6; Code 1923, §4626; Code 1940, T. 29, §102; Acts 1953, No. 699, p. 954.)...
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37-4-9
Section 37-4-9 Application to issue securities or assume obligations - Time for disposition
by commission. All applications for the issuance of securities or assumption of liability
or obligation shall be placed at the head of the commission's docket and disposed of promptly,
and all such applications shall be disposed of in 60 days after the same are filed with the
commission, unless it is necessary for good cause to continue the same for a longer period
for consideration. Whenever such application is continued beyond 60 days after the time it
is filed, the order making such continuance must state fully the facts necessitating such
continuance. (Acts 1920, No. 37, p. 38; Code 1923, §9747; Code 1940, T. 48, §312.)...
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25-9-22
Section 25-9-22 Witnesses at proceedings under chapter generally. (a) The chief has the authority
to administer oaths and to issue subpoenas requiring the attendance of witnesses to testify
under oath in any proceeding and to require witnesses to answer all questions propounded to
them. The sheriff or constable in the county in which such witnesses may reside or be found
shall execute subpoenas issued as above provided, and they shall each receive for their services
in executing such subpoenas the same fees as are allowed them respectively for executing subpoenas
in other cases. Any witnesses summoned as above mentioned shall be entitled to the same mileage
and per diem as is now allowed by law to such witnesses attending trials in the circuit court.
(b) If any witness subpoenaed as above mentioned shall fail to attend without good excuse,
in accordance with the subpoena served on him, or shall fail to testify when attending, the
chief before whom said proceedings are being had shall...
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