If the writ is returnable at a certain day, such return shall be made, and such prisoner produced at the time and place specified therein; if he is returnable forthwith, and the place is within twenty miles of the place of service, such return shall be made and such prisoner produced within twenty-four hours, and the like time shall be allowed for every additional twenty miles. History: Laws 1884, ch. 1, § 34; C.L. 1884, § 2045; C.L. 1897, § 2815; Code 1915, § 2623; C.S. 1929, § 63-135; 1941 Comp., § 25-1135; 1953 Comp., § 22-11-35. ANNOTATIONSAm. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 39 Am. Jur. 2d Habeas Corpus § 136. 39A C.J.S. Habeas Corpus § 180.
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