When a public offense is committed in the presence of a magistrate, the magistrate may, by verbal or written order, command any person to arrest the offender, and then proceed as if the offender had been brought before the magistrate on a warrant of arrest.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-7-102
Offense in presence of magistrate
Code 1858, § 5036; Shan., § 6996; Code 1932, § 11535; T.C.A
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