14-6-9
Section 14-6-9 Removal of prisoners - Ill health. When the life or health of any prisoner, who is not confined under process from any court of the United States, may be seriously endangered by longer confinement in jail and that fact is made to appear clearly to any circuit court judge, such judge must, by an order in writing, direct the sheriff or jailer to remove him to some suitable place or hospital, as near as may be to the jail, and there safely keep him until his health is sufficiently restored to authorize his recommitment to jail. (Code 1852, §249; Code 1867, §3797; Code 1876, §4497; Code 1886, §4545; Code 1896, §4956; Code 1907, §7201; Code 1923, §4811; Code 1940, T. 45, §129.)...
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15-21-14
Section 15-21-14 Issuance of precept; execution of precept by sheriff or constable. (a) At the time of issuing a writ of habeas corpus or at any time afterward before the hearing, the officer issuing the writ must, on a proper showing, issue a precept directed to any sheriff or constable of the state, commanding him to have the body of the person who is imprisoned or restrained produced before the officer before whom the writ is returnable at the time and place at which it is returnable. (b) Such precept must be executed by any sheriff or constable into whose hands it may come according to its mandate. (c) If the party is brought before the court or judge by virtue of a precept issued under the provisions of this section, the case must be heard and determined as if he had been produced in return to the writ. (Code 1852, §§720, 727; Code 1867, §§4271, 4278; Code 1876, §§4947, 4954; Code 1886, §§4771, 4778; Code 1896, §§4824, 4831; Code 1907, §§7019, 7026; Code 1923,...
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15-6-20
Section 15-6-20 Examination of complainant and witnesses; form of affidavit. (a) Whenever complaint is made to a judge of a circuit, district or municipal court that any person has threatened or is about to commit an offense on the person or property of another, such judge must examine the complainant and any witness he may produce on oath, reduce such examination to writing and cause it to be subscribed by the party so examined. (b) The affidavit may be after the following form: "State of Alabama, ___ County. Before me, ___,a (circuit, district or municipal) judge (setting out his name and office) in and for said county and state, personally appeared A. B., who, being duly sworn, deposes and says that C. D. has threatened to assault and beat him (or is about) to ___ (here set forth the particular offense threatened or about to be committed) on the person or property of affiant (or E. F., a third person, as the case may be.) (Signed) A. B. Sworn to and subscribed...
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15-16-20
Section 15-16-20 Duty of judge to institute investigation on sanity of certain confined persons; proceedings where person found insane. If any person other than a minor in confinement, under indictment, for want of bail for good behavior, for keeping the peace or appearing as a witness, in consequence of any summary conviction appears to be insane, the judge of the circuit court of the county where he is confined must institute a careful investigation, call a respectable physician and call other credible witnesses; and, if he deems it necessary, he may call a jury, for which purpose he is empowered to compel attendance of witnesses and jurors. If it is satisfactorily proved that the person is insane, the judge may discharge him from imprisonment and order his safe custody and removal to the Alabama state hospitals, where he must remain until restored to his right mind, and then, if the judge shall have so directed, the superintendent must inform the judge and sheriff, whereupon the...
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26-8-23
Section 26-8-23 Preparation, certification, and filing of record of proceedings; grant of guardianship or conservatorship and filing of transcript thereof; removal; powers of guardian or conservator as to recovery, receipt, etc., of property of minor or ward. If the removal authorized is of the person and property of the minor or ward, a transcript of the record of the proceedings must be made and certified and filed in the court of probate of the county to which the removal is to be made. Upon the filing of such transcript, such court has jurisdiction to grant guardianship or conservatorship of the person or conservatorship of property of the minor or ward, and on such grant being made and a transcript thereof, duly certified, being filed in the court of probate authorizing the removal, such removal may be made. The conservator so appointed has full authority to demand, recover, and receive the property of the minor or ward from and after the making of the removal. (Code 1886, §2486;...
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15-21-13
Section 15-21-13 Notice to district attorney, prosecutor or arrestor required when criminal charge; bail without notice. If it appears from the petition for a writ of habeas corpus or from the documents thereunto annexed that the party is imprisoned and detained on any criminal charge or accusation, the officer issuing the writ must endorse thereon an order requiring the applicant, or someone else for him, to give notice to the district attorney of the circuit or to the prosecutor or principal agent in procuring the arrest of the issue of the writ and of the time and place at which it is returnable. If such notice is not given when the district attorney or other person entitled to it is within 50 miles of the place of examination, the party who is imprisoned must not be discharged. But, if the party is charged with an offense which is bailable and he waives an examination into the facts, the judge may fix the amount of bail, without notice to the district attorney or prosecutor, and in...
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35-6-61
Section 35-6-61 Sale instead of partition - Evidence. Evidence in support of such application must be taken as in actions before the circuit court, and before granting the decree of sale the probate court must be satisfied from the evidence that an equitable division or partition cannot be made; and when the application is by the guardian of an infant or person of unsound mind, the court must be satisfied from the evidence that it would be to the interest of such infant, or person of unsound mind, to sell the property for the purpose of division or partition. (Code 1867, §3123; Code 1876, §3517; Code 1886, §3256; Code 1896, §3181; Code 1907, §5225; Code 1923, §9325; Code 1940, T. 47, §213.)...
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15-13-8
Section 15-13-8 Limitation on number of applications; appeals to Court of Criminal Appeals; procedure upon order of Court of Criminal Appeals admitting defendant to bail. (a) When an application for bail is made to any circuit judge and is refused, no subsequent application can be made, but the evidence in such case may be preserved for review on application to the Court of Criminal Appeals. (b) When an order is made by the Court of Criminal Appeals admitting a defendant to bail, the order must fix the amount of bail required and direct the same to be taken by the court to whom the primary application was made or by the sheriff of the county in which the defendant is confined. When such bail is ordered to be taken by a judge, the sheriff having the custody of the defendant must carry him before such judge for that purpose. (Code 1852, §§3673-3675; Code 1867, §§4242, 4243; Code 1876, §§4850, 4851; Code 1886, §§4413, 4414; Code 1896, §§4355, 4356; Code 1907, §§6335, 6336;...
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45-34-80.20
Section 45-34-80.20 Summons; service. (a) Notices of the requirement of the attendance of jury service in the Circuit Court of Henry County may be served by first class mail or may be served as provided by the Alabama Rules of Civil Procedure and this code. If, in the discretion of the sheriff, the service is made by first class mail, such service shall be made as follows. It shall be the duty of the sheriff to enclose the summons in an envelope addressed to the person to be served and place all necessary postage and a return address thereon with notice to the postal authorities not to forward outside of the county. In the event the jury summons is returned to the sheriff by the post office of the United States without delivery, the summons shall be made by the sheriff returned NOT FOUND. All jury summons not returned by the post office shall be considered for all purposes as sufficient personal and legal service. The provisions of this subsection in reference to service by mail,...
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15-6-21
Section 15-6-21 Arrest warrant. (a) If on examination by the circuit, district or municipal court judge, it appears that there is reason to fear the commission of any offense by the person complained of, such judge must issue a warrant directed to any lawful officer of the state, containing the substance of the complaint and commanding such officer forthwith to arrest the person complained of and bring him before him or some other judge having jurisdiction of the matter. (b) The warrant may be after the following form: "State of Alabama, ___ County. To any lawful officer of the state: Complaint on oath having been made before me that C. D. had threatened to assault and beat A. B. (or is about) to (here set forth particularly the offense threatened or about to be committed) on the person or property of ______, you are hereby commanded forthwith to arrest said C. D. and bring him before me (or some other judge having jurisdiction of the matter, setting forth his name and office)....
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