38-5-116 - Warrant for arrest if person not present. - Tennessee Statutes

38-5-116. Warrant for arrest if person not present.

If the person charged is not present, the coroner may issue a warrant to the sheriff, or any other lawful officer, requiring the officer to arrest such person and take the person before a magistrate.

[Code 1858, § 5312; Shan., § 7290; Code 1932, § 11891; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 38-416.]