Every witness subpoenaed in any criminal case, shall attend, from day to day, and from term to term without further notice, until discharged by the court or by the party at whose instance he was subpoenaed, and in default thereof he shall be fined by the court not more than five hundred dollars, and a scire facias shall issue thereon, requiring him to appear at the next term of the court, to show cause why the fine should not be made absolute. If cause be not then shown, the fine shall be made final. In criminal cases, the court may cause the witnesses on either side to be bound by bond or recognizance to appear and testify until discharged.
Structure Mississippi Code
§ 99-9-1. Capias or alias issued for arrest on indictment
§ 99-9-3. Corporations; summons issued on indictment; execution on judgment
§ 99-9-5. Corporations; summons issued to other counties
§ 99-9-9. Corporations; proceeding before justice of the peace
§ 99-9-11. Subpoenas for witnesses
§ 99-9-13. Issuance of subpoena for witness to give deposition for use in another state
§ 99-9-15. Subpoena to compel attendance of witness from nearby county during term
§ 99-9-17. Service of subpoena
§ 99-9-19. Attachment for non-appearing subpoenaed witness
§ 99-9-21. Subpoenaed witness to attend until discharged; scire facias for defaulters
§ 99-9-23. Witness subpoenaed in vacation to appear before grand jury
§ 99-9-25. Attachment of subpoenaed witnesses failing to appear before grand jury
§ 99-9-27. Uniform witness attendance law; short title
§ 99-9-31. Summoning witnesses in this state to testify in another state
§ 99-9-33. Witness from another state summoned to testify in this state