40-5-103 - Examination required before commitment. - Tennessee Statutes

40-5-103. Examination required before commitment.

No person can be committed to prison for any criminal matter until examination thereof is first had before some magistrate.

[Code 1858, § 5017 (deriv. Acts 1715, ch. 16, § 1); Shan., § 6976; Code 1932, § 11515; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 40-604.]