8-4-204 - Failure of witness to appear Penalty. - Tennessee Statutes

8-4-204. Failure of witness to appear Penalty.

Failure of any witness so subpoenaed to attend shall be certified by the comptroller of the treasury to the chancery court in whose judicial district such witness resides, and such chancery court shall exercise authority granted it by law in the treating of contempt of court matters, including those powers granted in §§ 29-9-103 29-9-105; all to the end that the witness shall be compelled to appear at a time and place specified by the chancery court.

[Acts 1963, ch. 128, § 4; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-419; T.C.A., § 8-415.]