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Texas Code of Criminal Procedure - Article 16.02. Examination Postponed

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Art. 16.02. [246] [293] [281] EXAMINATION POSTPONED.  The 
magistrate may at the request of either party postpone the 
examination to procure testimony;  but the accused shall in the 
meanwhile be detained in custody unless he give bail to be present 
from day to day before the magistrate until the examination is 
concluded, which he may do in all cases except murder and treason.

Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722, eff. Jan. 1, 1966.             

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