38-5-117 - Effect of coroner's warrant.
38-5-117. Effect of coroner's warrant.
The warrant of a coroner in the cases covered by this chapter shall be of equal authority with that of a court of general sessions, and, when the person charged is brought before the court, the person shall be dealt with as a person held under complaint in the usual form.
[Code 1858, § 5313; Shan., § 7291; Code 1932, § 11892; impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 68, § 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 38-417.]