Section 40-5-103 - Examination required before commitment

No person can be committed to prison for any criminal matter until examination thereof is first had before some magistrate.Code 1858, § 5017 (deriv. Acts 1715, ch. 16, § 1); Shan., § 6976; Code 1932, § 11515; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 40-604.