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Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-4-101: Preliminary proceedings
Where this section sits in the code
- TN Code
- Title 40
- Chapter 4
Judges of the courts of general sessions are authorized and empowered to:
(1) Make the preliminary examination and bind over the reputed father in bastardy cases;
(2) Summon a jury of inquest in cases of death by accident, as provided in § 38-5-103 ;
(3) Issue a warrant for a prisoner escaped from jail;
(4) Examine persons arrested for a crime;
(5) Bind a defendant over to court if probable cause be found; and
(6) Take bail in bailable offenses brought before the judges.
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