The scire facias to be issued by the justice for a defaulting witness may be as follows, viz.:'The State of Mississippi.'To any lawful officer of ____________________ County:'This is to command you to make known to ____________________ that a judgment in favor of ____________________ for ten dollars has been given against him by me, a justice of the peace of ____________________ County, for his default in not appearing before me, at ____________________, on the ____________________ day of ____________________ A. D. ____________________, to testify as a witness for ____________________ in the case of ____________________ against ____________________, No. ____________________ as he has been subpoenaed to do; and unless, on the ____________________ day of ____________________, A. D. ____________________, before me at ____________________, at ____________________, o'clock, ____________________, he shall show cause to the contrary, the said judgment will be made final; and have there then this writ.'Witness my hand this the ____________________ day of ____________________, A. D. ____________________ J.P.'Codes, 1880, § 2249; 1892, § 2408; 1906, § 2737; Hemingway's 1917, § 2236; 1930, § his writ.'Witness my hand this the ____________________ day of ____________________, A. D. ____________________ J.P.'Codes, 1880, § 2249; 1892, § 2408; 1906, § 2737; Hemingway's 1917, § 2236; 1930, § 2085; 1942, § 1819.
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