40-13-111 - Inspection of indictment before arrest. - Tennessee Statutes

40-13-111. Inspection of indictment before arrest.

When an indictment is found against any person not in actual custody or who has not given bail to answer to the indictment, that indictment shall not be inspected by any person except the judge and clerk of the court and the district attorney general until the defendant has been arrested.

[Code 1858, § 5099; Shan., § 7061; Code 1932, § 11605; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 40-1714.]