Upon the trial, copies of the records transmitted to the warden of the penitentiary relative to the former trial of inmates, shall be presumptive evidence of the former conviction.
Code 1858, § 5538 (deriv. Acts 1829, ch. 38, § 30); Shan., § 7557; Code 1932, § 12156; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 41-718.
Structure 2021 Tennessee Code
Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates
Part 4 - Punishment of Inmates
§ 41-21-401. Defense Against Violence or Attempt to Escape
§ 41-21-402. Solitary Confinement
§ 41-21-403. Report of Inmates in Solitary
§ 41-21-404. Unauthorized Means of Punishment
§ 41-21-405. Self-Inflicted Wounds by Inmate to Escape Labor — Punishment