Such writ may also be issued by any such court, judge or justice thereof, upon application of a party to a suit or proceeding pending before any officer authorized 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.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 491.240
Writ to obtain witness from county jail
Known as the Child Victim Witness Protection Law
The act spans §§ 491–491 (67 sections).
Effective: 28 Aug 1949; (RSMo 1939 § 1910, A. 1949 S.B. 1149); Prior revisions: 1929 § 1746; 1919 § 5433; 1909 § 6377
Official source: Missouri Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Missouri statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.