§ 12-4-2 - Warrant to apprehend accused.
SECTION 12-4-2
§ 12-4-2 Warrant to apprehend accused.– If the complainant shall then, before the judge or justice of the peace, enterinto a recognizance in a sum not exceeding fifty dollars ($50.00), and withthis surety, as the judge or justice of the peace shall direct and approve,with condition to prosecute the complaint with effect, or in default ofprosecution to pay the costs that may accrue to the state, the judge or justiceof the peace shall issue a warrant returnable immediately, annexing to thewarrant the complaint, or reciting its substance in it, directed to thesheriff, deputy sheriffs, town sergeants, and constables in the county in whichthe division is, and to the like officers in the county in which the accusedmay be supposed to belong, reside, or be found, and requiring the officer whoshall be charged with the service of the warrant immediately to apprehend theaccused and have him or her before the district court for the division in whichthe offense shall be alleged to have been committed.