28-4-318
Section 28-4-318 Grand jury proceedings generally - Exemption from prosecution of witnesses.
A witness must not be prosecuted for any offense as to which he testifies before the grand
jury, and the district attorney or any member of the grand jury may be a witness to prove
that fact. (Acts 1909, No. 191, p. 63; Code 1923, §4635; Code 1940, T. 29, §111.)...
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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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28-4-316
Section 28-4-316 Grand jury proceedings generally - Effect of failure of person to attend and
testify in obedience to summons. Any person who is summoned as a witness before the grand
jury to answer as to any violation of law for the suppression of intemperance or prohibiting
the manufacture, sale or other disposition of prohibited liquors or beverages or the keeping
or maintaining of any unlawful drinking place, or liquor nuisance and who fails or refuses
to attend and testify in obedience to such summons without good cause, to be determined by
the court, is guilty of contempt and also of a misdemeanor and, on conviction of such misdemeanor,
must be fined not less than $20.00 nor more than $300.00 and may also be imprisoned in the
county jail or sentenced to hard labor for the county for not more than three months, at the
discretion of the court. (Acts 1909, No. 191, p. 63; Code 1923, §4633; Code 1940, T. 29,
§109.)...
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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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28-4-321
Section 28-4-321 Contents and sufficiency of charges in indictments, complaints, affidavits,
etc., for sale, offer for sale, possession, etc., of prohibited liquors and beverages, etc.,
generally; proof of charges generally; admissibility in evidence of testimony of persons purchasing,
etc., prohibited liquors and beverages, etc.; immunity from prosecution of persons testifying
as to violations of chapter, etc. In an indictment, complaint or affidavit for selling, offering
for sale, keeping for sale or otherwise disposing of spirituous, vinous or malt liquors, it
is sufficient to charge that the defendant sold, offered for sale, kept for sale or otherwise
disposed of spirituous, vinous or malt liquors contrary to law, and in an indictment, complaint
or affidavit for selling, offering for sale, keeping for sale or otherwise disposing of prohibited
liquors and beverages, it is sufficient to charge that the defendant sold, offered for sale,
kept for sale or otherwise disposed of...
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12-17-184
Section 12-17-184 Powers and duties generally. It is the duty of every district attorney and
assistant district attorney, within the circuit, county, or other territory for which he or
she is elected or appointed: (1) To attend on the grand juries, advise them in relation to
matters of law, and examine and swear witnesses before them. (2) To draw up all indictments
and to prosecute all indictable offenses. (3) To prosecute and defend any civil action in
the circuit court in the prosecution or defense of which the state is interested. (4) To inquire
whether registers have performed the duty required of them by Section 12-17-117 and shall,
in every case of failure, move against the register as provided by subsection (b) of Section
12-17-114. (5) If a criminal prosecution is removed from a court of his or her circuit, county,
or division of a county to a court of the United States, to appear in that court and represent
the state; and, if it is impracticable, consistent with his or her...
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15-8-150
Section 15-8-150 Contents; sufficiency; use of analogous forms. The forms of indictment set
forth in this section in all cases in which they are applicable, are sufficient, and analogous
forms may be used in other cases. (1) CAPTION, COMMENCEMENT AND CONCLUSION GENERALLY. The
State of Alabama,) Circuit court, ___ session, ___) 20___ The grand jury of said county charge
that, before the finding of this indictment, etc. (describing the offense as in the following
forms), against the peace and dignity of the State of Alabama. E.F.J.,District Attorney of
the ______ circuit. (2) ADVERTISING, ETC., UNREGISTERED SECURITIES. A. B. did, contrary to
law, and subsequent to the ____ day of ____, 20__, advertise (or otherwise describing the
unlawful act) in this state for the purpose of inducing or securing subscriptions to or sales
of the capital stock of the X. Y. company (or otherwise describing the security so advertised),
which said stock (or other security) had not then...
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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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12-16-197
Section 12-16-197 Issuance of subpoenas for witnesses for grand jury generally; proceedings
upon failure of witnesses summoned to attend. The district attorney, the foreman of the grand
jury or the clerk of the court, on the application of the grand jury, must issue subpoenas
for any witnesses whom they may require to give evidence before them, and if witnesses so
summoned fail to attend, the subpoenas must be returned to the court, with the default thereon
endorsed, signed by the foreman, and the same proceedings may thereupon be had against them
as against defaulting witnesses, the endorsement of the foreman being presumptive evidence
of the default. (Code 1852, §551; Code 1867, §4101; Code 1876, §4774; Code 1886, §4347;
Code 1896, §5033; Code 1907, §7294; Code 1923, §8676; Code 1940, T. 30, §83.)...
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