If the examination or trial of a defendant charged with a felony is adjourned under section thirty-five, the court or justice may bind by recognizance the principal witnesses against the prisoner to appear and testify at the time and place to which the trial or examination is adjourned.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 46
Witnesses bound by recognizance on adjournment
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