767.34 Witness; issuance of capias. Sec. 34. Any circuit court or any court of record shall have power to issue capiases, in the first instance, for any witness or witnesses in criminal cases, when it shall satisfactorily appear that such witness or witnesses are material and that there will be danger of the loss of their testimony unless such writ be issued. History: 1927, Act 175, Eff. Sept. 5, 1927 ;-- CL 1929, 17248 ;-- CL 1948, 767.34 Former Law: See section 1 of Act 209 of 1871, being CL 1871, § 7961; How., § 9574; CL 1897, § 11958; and CL 1915, § 15831.
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