Subpoenas for witnesses

The coroner may issue subpoenas for witnesses, returnable immediately, or at the time and place as the coroner may appoint, and may enforce witnesses' attendance and punish for contempt and other causes, in like manner as a court of general sessions in a state case. Code 1858, § 5301; Shan., § 7279; Code 1932, §11880; impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 68, § 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 38-405. The coroner may issue subpoenas for witnesses, returnable immediately, or at the time and place as the coroner may appoint, and may enforce witnesses' attendance and punish for contempt and other causes, in like manner as a court of general sessions in a state case. Code 1858, § 5301; Shan., § 7279; Code 1932, §11880; impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 68, § 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 38-405.