When a court case gets pushed to a later date, the associate circuit judge has to gather all the witnesses right away and tell them out loud when to come back for the new trial date. That spoken notice counts just as much as an official written summons. The judge writes down in the court records who was told and when, and no new written summons needs to be sent to those witnesses after that.
491.360. of case — to notify es. — When any shall be continued by the associate circuit judge, it shall be his duty to call before him all witnesses in the cause, and verbally notify such as may attend to appear before him, to in the cause, on the day set for trial, which verbal notice shall be in all respects as valid as a ; and the associate circuit judge shall enter in his the fact of notice and the names of the witnesses notified. No summons shall thereafter to any witness notified as directed.
(RSMo 1939 § 2656, A.L. 1945 p. 765 § 92)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 2270; 1919 § 2820; 1909 § 7497
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