Alabama § 15-21-33 Taxation and Collection of Fees and Costs of Witnesses

Alabama Statutes

§ 15-21-33 — Taxation and Collection of Fees and Costs of Witnesses

Alabama § 15-21-33

Title 15Criminal Procedure

Ch. 21Habeas Corpus

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Bluebook

Ala. Code § 15-21-33 (2026).

Text

(a)In habeas corpus proceedings, witnesses may prove their attendance before the judge as in other cases and have the same taxed in the bill of costs, on the subsequent conviction of the party, where he is detained on a criminal charge.

(b)In other cases, the court or judge may impose the costs, or any portion thereof, on either party; and, when the writ is returnable before a judge of the circuit court, the costs must be taxed by the clerk of such circuit court and collected by execution.

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(a) In habeas corpus proceedings, witnesses may prove their attendance before the judge as in other cases and have the same taxed in the bill of costs, on the subsequent conviction of the party, where he is detained on a criminal charge.
(b) In other cases, the court or judge may impose the costs, or any portion thereof, on either party; and, when the writ is returnable before a judge of the circuit court, the costs must be taxed by the clerk of such circuit court and collected by execution.

Legislative History

(Code 1852, §§744, 745; Code 1867, §§4295, 4296; Code 1876, §§4971, 4972; Code 1886, §§4794, 4795; Code 1896, §§4847, 4848; Code 1907, §§7042, 7043; Code 1923, §§4341, 4342; Code 1940, T. 15, §§37, 38.)