544.390. Examination and recognizance, certified, when. - Missouri Statutes

Examination and recognizance, certified, when.

544.390. All examinations and recognizances taken inpursuance of the provisions of this chapter shall be certified bythe associate circuit judge taking the same, and delivered to theclerk of the court in which the offense is cognizable, on orbefore the first day of the next term thereof, except that wherethe prisoner is committed to jail, the examination of himself andof the witnesses for or against him, duly certified, shallaccompany the warrant of commitment, and be delivered therewithto the jailer.

(RSMo 1939 § 3879)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 3489; 1919 § 3834; 1909 § 5042

(1966) This statute is not jurisdictional, but is intended to assure a fair preliminary examination and to preserve the evidence taken. State v. Hughey (Mo.), 404 S.W.2d 725.