40-7-102 - Offense in presence of magistrate.
40-7-102. Offense in presence of magistrate.
When a public offense is committed in the presence of a magistrate, the magistrate may, by verbal or written order, command any person to arrest the offender, and then proceed as if the offender had been brought before the magistrate on a warrant of arrest.
[Code 1858,§ 5036; Shan.,§ 6996;Code 1932, § 11535; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 40-802.]