A court can issue a special order to bring a person who is locked up in a nearby county jail to appear as a witness in a legal case being handled by an authorized officer.
491.240. to obtain from county jail. — Such writ may also be issued by any such court, judge or justice thereof, upon of a to a suit or pending before any officer to examine witnesses, to bring any person confined in the jail of the same county, or the county next adjoining that where the suit or proceeding is to be heard or had, before such officer, to be examined as a witness.
(RSMo 1939 § 1910, A. 1949 S.B. 1149)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 1746; 1919 § 5433; 1909 § 6377
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